Abstract: An in vivo imaging or therapeutic method including administering to a mammal a specific affinity reagent including a physiologically compatible polymer bonded to one or more specific affinity molecules capable of selectively binding to a predetermined substance or class of cells, and one or more reporter groups capable of providing detectable contrast between the predetermined substance or class of cells and cells or substances of the mammal to which the specific affinity reagent does not bind, or of killing cells of the predetermined class.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 1992
Date of Patent:
June 29, 1993
Assignees:
The General Hospital Corporation, USSR Cardiology Research Centre
Inventors:
Ban A. Khaw, Vladimir Torchilin, Alexander L. Klibanov