ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,035, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Guide Therapeutics LLC (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Nanomaterials" was invented by Gregory Lawrence Hamilton (Atlanta), Neeraj Narendra Patwardhan (Atlanta), Cory Dane Sago (Atlanta), Mina Fawzy Gaballa Shehata (Dunwoody, Ga.) and Milloni Balwantkumar Chhabra (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lipid nanoparticle compositions for delivery of nucleic acids are described. In various embodiments the lipid nanoparticle contains an ionizable lipid of the Formula (I). Methods of using such lipid nanoparticle compositions to achieve targeted delivery of therapeutic cargo without the need for a targeti...