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Microsphere encapsulation of gene transfer vectors

US6048551A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2985
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A controlled release delivery system includes a functional gene vector in a biodegradable polymeric microsphere encapsulating the vector. The present invention further provides a method of making a controlled release delivery system by encapsulating the functional gene vector in a biologically degradable polymeric microsphere.

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