Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Dennison, Scheiner 7 Schultz
  • Compositions containing at least one nucleic acid
    Patent number: 6387396
    Abstract: A composition containing a plurality of multicellular vesicles and at least one nucleic acid, at least one part of which is found included inside the multilamellar vesicles. Each of the vesicles is formed of a succession of lamellar bi-layers extending from each vesicle center to its periphery and including at least one surfactant agent. The bi-layers are concentric and are separated by a liquid medium. Such compositions can be used in pharmaceutics, particularly gene therapy, and in in vitro and in vivo transfection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Capsulis
    Inventors: Patrick Mahy, Didier Roux, René Laversanne, Joëlle Amedee, OLivier Freund