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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Joseph Wagner, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Randell Young, Ellicott City, MD (US);
David Fink, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joseph Wagner, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Randell Young, Ellicott City, MD (US);
David Fink, Baltimore, MD (US);
Cell Targeting, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a coated cell comprising a therapeutic cell and a plurality of targeting complexes coating the therapeutic cell and each of said targeting complexes comprising a homing molecule, a lipid moiety, and a spacer having from about 1 to about 10 amino acids and covalently linking the homing molecule to the lipid moiety and wherein the lipid moiety is non-covalently attached to the therapeutic cell. In some embodiments, the therapeutic cell is a stem cell. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of coating a therapeutic cell. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of treating diseases of the vasculature.