ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,569, issued on May 20, was assigned to Cytodigm Inc. (Natick, Mass.).
"Lipid nanoparticle compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Bin Wu (Lexington, Mass.), Heliang Song (Natick, Mass.) and Victoria Trantow (Natick, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation comprising at least one sialic acid (SA)-containing lipid. The LNP formulation is capable of effectively binding cell surface Siglecs, transfecting certain cells in vitro and targeting certain cells in vivo. The present invention also provides methods of using the LNP compositions described herein for pharmace...