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US 7,803,637 B2Granted
Compositions and methods for treatment of neoplastic disease
AssigneeJenomic
InventorDavid S Terman
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Abstract
The present invention comprises the use of sickle cells or sickle cell precursors loaded with a therapeutic agent that localizes in tumors and induces a tumoricidal response.
Claims2
A method of delivering a therapeutic agent to a solid tumor characterized by hypoxia, acidosis and hypertonicity comprising loading the therapeutic agent into sickle red blood cells and administering the therapeutic agent into the blood circulation of a patient wherein the sickle red blood cells accumulate in the tumor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.