Inventors:
David A. Scheinberg - New York NY, US
Michael McDevitt - Bronx NY, US
Christophe Antczak - New York NY, US
Debjit Chattopadhyay - Pennington NJ, US
Rena May - Richmond VA, US
Jón Njardarson - Ithaca NY, US
Mark Reid Philips - New York NY, US
Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research - New York City NY
International Classification:
A61K 49/00
US Classification:
424 91, 424 93, 424 932, 424 9322, 424 934
Abstract:
The present invention provides soluble single wall nanotube constructs functionalized with a plurality of a targeting moiety and a plurality of one or more payload molecules attached thereto. The targeting moiety and the payload molecules may be attached to the soluble single wall carbon nanotube via a DNA or other oligomer platform attached to the single wall carbon nanotube. These soluble single wall carbon nanotube constructs may comprise a radionuclide or contrast agent and as such are effective as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Methods provided herein are to diagnosing or locating a cancer, treating a cancer, eliciting an immune response against a cancer or delivering an anticancer drug in situ via an enzymatic nanofactory using the soluble single wall carbon nanotube constructs.