Abstract:
The present application relates to thermosensitive liposomes encapsulating nanoparticles which can be used in the health sector, in particular in human health. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising thermosensitive liposomes as defined previously, as well as to their uses.
Abstract:
The present application relates to novel excitable particles which can be used in the health sector. It more particularly relates to particles which can generate electrons and/or high energy photon when excited by ionizing radiations such as X-Rays, γ-Rays, radioactive isotope and/or electron beams, and to the uses thereof in health, in particular in human health. The inventive particles are made of an inorganic material comprising oxygen, in particular an oxide, said material having an adequate density, and can be activated in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo, by controllable external excitation, in order to disturb, alter or destroy target cells, tissues or organs. The invention also relates to methods for the production of said particles, and to pharmaceutical or medical device compositions containing same.
Abstract:
The invention pertains to thermosensitive liposomes encapsulating nanoparticles. In certain embodiments, the thermosensitive liposomes of the invention disrupt when heated at gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition temperature (Tm) or above Tm, wherein the liposome comprises a thermosensitive lipidic membrane encapsulating nanoparticles. The nanoparticles used in the invention comprise an inorganic core the largest dimension of which is less than about 100 nm that is fully coated with an agent responsible for the presence of an electrostatic charge below −20 mV or above +20 mV at the surface of the nanoparticle, the electrostatic charge being determined by zeta potential measurements in an aqueous medium between pH 6 and 8, for a concentration of nanoparticles in suspension in the aqueous medium varying between 0.2 and 8 g/L. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising the thermosensitive liposomes as well as to their uses.
Abstract:
The present application relates to a method of monitoring the membrane permeabilization of liposome and the incidental release of a compound of interest.
Abstract:
The present application relates to novel excitable particles which can be used in the health sector. It more particularly relates to particles which can generate electrons and/or high energy photon when excited by ionizing radiations such as X- Rays, γ-Rays, radioactive isotope and/or electron beams, and to the uses thereof in health, in particular in human health. The inventive particles are made of an inorganic material comprising oxygen, in particular an oxide, said material having an adequate density, and can be activated in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo, by controllable external excitation, in order to disturb, alter or destroy target cells, tissues or organs. The invention also relates to methods for the production of said particles, and to pharmaceutical or medical device compositions containing same.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of a biocompatible nanoparticle or nanoparticle aggregate, in combination with an external non-oscillating magnetic field, wherein said nanoparticle comprises: a) a core comprising magnetic material; b) a biocompatible shell surrounding the core, and, optionally; c) a labelling agent wherein the outer diameter of the shell is less than about 100 nm, to prepare a composition, wherein the composition is deprived of any cell targeting means. The present invention further relates to the compositions thus obtained and to their uses in the field of human health, for the treatment of cancer, or in diagnostic (imaging for example), for the monitoring of tumor evolution.