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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Chris Robert Lively, Madison, WI (US);
Robert Delong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Chris Robert Lively, Madison, WI (US);
Robert DeLong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Powderject Research Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/50 (2006.01); C12N 15/87 (2006.01); C12N 15/11 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Particles are provided which are suitable for delivery from a particle-mediated delivery device. The particles are obtained by precipitating a nucleic acid on inert metal carrier particles in the presence of a nucleic acid condensing agent and a metal ion chelating agent. Also described are processes for preparing the particles, and therapeutic methods using the particles including methods of nucleic acid immunization and gene therapy.