Nanoparticles for cancer therapy and diagnosis

    公开(公告)号:US11040101B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16385591

    申请日:2019-04-16

    申请人: UCL BUSINESS PLC

    发明人: Nikolitsa Nomikou

    摘要: The present invention relates generally to methods and materials for use in photothermal or sonodynamic therapy. The invention novel nanoparticles for use in delivering sensitizers to solid tumour target, wherein the nanoparticles are composed of a polymers or co-polymer of monomers linked by peptide bonds, wherein the polymer or co-polymer comprises one or both of glutamate or derivatised glutatamic acid, and optionally a further, different, monomer which is a naturally occurring amino acid or synthetic monomer having a side chain group, wherein the polymer or co-polymer is not composed only of glutamate. The pendant groups and/or side chains of the polymer or co-polymer interact non-covalently with the sensitizer.

    ANIONIC NANOCOMPLEXES FOR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20210052496A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16961188

    申请日:2019-01-10

    申请人: UCL Business PLC

    摘要: A non-viral delivery complex comprising a cationic core which is a nanoparticle comprising a peptide having a polycationic nucleic acid binding component, a cleavable spacer element and a cell surface receptor binding component; a nucleic acid and optionally a cationic lipid; and an anionic liposomal coating surrounding the cationic core, said coating comprising lipids from a subject's cells. Also related formulations, uses and methods.

    NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE FOR UNIDIRECTIONAL STIMULATION AND CURRENT STEERING

    公开(公告)号:US20200316372A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US15733276

    申请日:2018-12-11

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/36

    摘要: A nerve interface device including at least one cuff portion having an assembled position in which the cuff portion forms at least part of a passageway for receiving a nerve along a longitudinal axis passing through the passageway; and first and second rings of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion, each ring of electrodes including a plurality of electrodes. Each electrode in the first ring has a corresponding longitudinally-aligned electrode in the second ring so as to form a plurality of pairs of electrodes spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of pairs of electrodes includes at least a first pair of electrodes, the first pair of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion. The at least one cuff portion includes an asymmetric configuration about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal cuff axis.