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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Upal Roy, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Vadym Drozd, Miami, FL (US);
Madhavan Nair, Miami, FL (US);
Surendra K. Saxena, Miami, FL (US);
Andriy Durygin, Sweetwater, FL (US);
Upal Roy, Harrisonburg, VA (US);
Vadym Drozd, Miami, FL (US);
Madhavan Nair, Miami, FL (US);
Surendra K. Saxena, Miami, FL (US);
Andriy Durygin, Sweetwater, FL (US);
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
The subject invention provides materials and methods for treating diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS) and/or other viral reservoir organs utilizing nanoscopic diamond particles, i.e., nanodiamonds (ND), loaded with therapeutic agents of interests. In one aspect, the subject invention provides a composition for treating a subject's brain and/or other organs acting as viral reservoirs, the composition comprising a plurality of ND particles measuring less than 10 nm in size, wherein the ND particles are loaded with at least one therapeutic agent of interest. In another aspect, the subject invention provides methods of treating disorders affecting the CNS such as, for example, the brain and other viral reservoir organs such as, for example, lymph nodes and gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT), utilizing the drug delivery system comprising a plurality of ND particles as provided herein.