US Patent Issued to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY on Dec. 23 for "High density lipoprotein mimetic nanoparticles using lipid conjugated core scaffolds" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,354, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Ill.).

"High density lipoprotein mimetic nanoparticles using lipid conjugated core scaffolds" was invented by Stephen E. Henrich (Chicago), C. Shad Thaxton (Chicago), Sonbinh T. Nguyen (Evanston, Ill.) and Bong Jin Hong (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are spherical high-density lipoprotein-like nanoparticles (HDL-NP) having a soft material core (e.g., a lipid-conjugated inorganic core). Also disclosed herein are methods for synthesizing the spherical HDL-NPs. Also disclosed herein are methods for treating disorders such as cardi...