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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Usha Kasid, Rockville, MD (US);
Prafulla Gokhale, Superior, CO (US);
Jin Pei, Arlington, VA (US);
Rajshree Mewani, Arlington, VA (US);
Imran Ahmad, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Anatoly Dritschilo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Aquilur Rahman, Potomac, MD (US);
Usha Kasid, Rockville, MD (US);
Prafulla Gokhale, Superior, CO (US);
Jin Pei, Arlington, VA (US);
Rajshree Mewani, Arlington, VA (US);
Imran Ahmad, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Anatoly Dritschilo, Bethesda, MD (US);
Aquilur Rahman, Potomac, MD (US);
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
NeoPharm, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of oligonucleotide containing cationic liposomal formulations to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, particularly as a means to sensitize cancerous tumor tissues to the efficiencies of chemotherapy. This is particularly advantageous in the context of treating raf expressing tumors such as breast, lung, pancreatic and prostate tumors.