Patents Assigned to Stichting Scheikundig Ondoerzoek in Nederland
  • Transport vehicles for macromolecules
    Patent number: 5853694
    Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds with the general formula I for use as a tool to introduce macromolecules into cells. The invention further relates to compositions for introducing macromolecules into cells, comprising vesicles formed by at least one compound in a solvent. The macromolecule can be incorporated in the vesicles and/or bound to the vesicles or another aggregate of the new compounds. In a preferred embodiment at least one targeting molecule, for instance a (labelled) antibody, may further be attached to the vesicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignees: Stitching Voor DeTechnische Wetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Stichting Scheikundig Ondoerzoek in Nederland
    Inventors: Jan Bernard Frederik Nicolaas Engberts, Anno Wagenaar, Dirk Hoekstra, Irene Van Der Woude, Marcel Herman Jozef Ruiters