Method for Modulating the Immune System Using Adjuvant-Loaded Nanoparticle-Bacteria Constructs

Provided herein are new compositions including an inactivated pathogen and one or more adjuvant-loaded polymeric nanoparticles, wherein the adjuvant-loaded nanoparticles are bound to the inactivated pathogen. These compositions are useful for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by the specific pathogens, especially when administered to a subject's mucosal membranes.

Researchers

Michael Starnbach / Aleksandar Radovic-Moreno / Pamela Basto / Ulrich Von Andrian / Georg Stary / Robert Langer / Omid Farokhzad

Departments: Office of the Institute Professors
Technology Areas: Biotechnology: Synthetic Biology / Chemicals & Materials: Composites, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials / Drug Delivery: Microparticles & Nanoparticles
Impact Areas: Healthy Living

  • nanoparticle-based compositions
    United States of America | Granted | 10,485,861

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