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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Mark Kester, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Thomas Stover, Hershey, PA (US);
Tao Lowe, Hershey, PA (US);
James H. Adair, State College, PA (US);
Young Shin Kim, Hershey, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing the systemic delivery of growth-arresting lipid-derived bioactive drugs or gene therapy agents to an animal or human in need of such agents utilizing nanoscale assembly systems, such as liposomes, resorbable and non-aggregating nanoparticle dispersions, metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, or polymeric materials such as dendrimers or hydrogels, each of which exhibit improved lipid solubility, cell permeability, an increased circulation half life and pharmacokinetic profile with improved tumor or vascular targeting.