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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2007
I-wei Chen, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Hoon Choi, Newtown Square, PA (US);
I-Wei Chen, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Hoon Choi, Newtown Square, PA (US);
The Trustees Of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An engineered lipoprotein including (a) a core particle or a plurality of core particles, each core particle has (i) an inner part comprising a hydrophilic active agent and a hydrophilic portion of an amphiphilic cholesterol and (ii) an outer part including a hydrophobic portion of the amphiphilic cholesterol, (b) a layer surrounding the core particle or a plurality of core particles, the layer includes a phospholipid, (c) an apoprotein associated with the layer, and optionally, (d) a homing molecule associated with at least one of the apoprotein or the phospholipid.