Lipid vesicle system
OwnerTuo Jin, Peter Pennefather +1inventors
InventorsTuo Jin, Peter Pennefather, Ping I. Lee
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Abstract
A novel lipid vesicle system is described. This system consists of a lipid shell that is anchored on the surface of a polymer matrix. The system has potential applications in drug delivery, drug targeting, protein separation, enzyme immobilization and blood cell substitution.
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A lipid vesicle composition comprising (a) lipid shell attached to (b) a hydrogel polymer matrix having hydrophobic functional groups covalently attached to the surface of the polymer matrix, wherein the lipid shell associates with the hydrophobic functional groups to attach the lipid shell to the polymer matrix.
A method for preparing a lipid vesicle composition comprising:
- (a) providing a modified hydrogel polymer matrix having hydrophobic functional groups covalently attached to the surface of the polymer matrix;
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- (b) mixing the modified polymer matrix with a lipid suspension to form a lipid shell that associates with the hydrophobic functional groups and attaches the lipid shell to the matrix.
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