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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Maria Polikandritou Lambros, Pomona, CA (US);
Ying Huang, Pomona, CA (US);
Hari Chandana Mulamalla, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Maria Polikandritou Lambros, Pomona, CA (US);
Ying Huang, Pomona, CA (US);
Hari Chandana Mulamalla, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, Pomona, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing a vehicle for the targeted delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases. The targeting component of the vehicle is a cystine molecule that is coupled to the cargo component, which can be either a therapeutic or diagnostic agent or to a nanoparticle composition that contains the therapeutic agent or diagnostic. The invention also provides methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders by targeting hyperproliferative disease cells for the targeted delivery of a therapeutic or diagnostic agent.