Inventors:
Matthias Stephan - Boston MA, US
Jaehyun Moon - Ann Arbor MI, US
Anna Bershteyn - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
A61K 9/127, A61K 47/46, A61K 39/00, A61K 38/20, A61K 39/395
US Classification:
424 91, 424450, 424 852, 4241301, 4241841, 424 937, 424 9371
Abstract:
The invention provides compositions and methods for delivering agents to localized regions, tissues, or organs in vivo by conjugating agent-loaded nanoparticles to cells having homing capability. The agents may be therapeutic or diagnostic agents such as cancer chemotherapeutic agents and imaging agents respectively.