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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Liangfang Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Aleksandar F. Radovic-moreno, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frank X. Gu, Waterloo, CA;
Frank Alexis, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Omid C. Farokhzad, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Liangfang Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Aleksandar F. Radovic-Moreno, Cambridge, MA (US);
Frank X. Gu, Waterloo, CA;
Frank Alexis, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert S. Langer, Newton, MA (US);
Omid C. Farokhzad, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to nanoparticles with an amphiphilic component. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method of developing nanoparticles with desired properties. In one set of embodiments, the method includes producing libraries of nanoparticles having highly controlled properties, which can be formed by mixing together two or more macromolecules in different ratios. One or more of the macromolecules may be a polymeric conjugate of a moiety to a biocompatible polymer. In some cases, the nanoparticle may contain a drug. Other aspects of the invention are directed to methods using nanoparticle libraries.