US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Oct. 20 for "Membrane encapsulated nanoparticles and method of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,104, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Membrane encapsulated nanoparticles and method of use" was invented by Liangfang Zhang (San Diego), Che-Ming (Jack) Hu (San Diego), Ronnie Hongbo Fang (Irvine, Calif.) and Jonathan Copp (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are nanoparticles and methods of using and making thereof. The inventive nanoparticle comprises a) an inner core comprising a non-cellular material; and b) an outer surface comprising a cellular membrane derived from a cell or a membrane derived from a virus. Medicament delivery systems or ph...