The present invention is directed to protocells for specific targeting of hepatocellular and
other cancer cells which comprise a nanoporous silica core with a supported lipid bilayer; at …

3,797.494. A 3, 1974 Zaffaroni 3,964,482 A 6, 1976 Gerstel et al. 4,031,894 A 6/1977
Urquhart et al. 4,051,840 A 10, 1977 Kantrowitz et al. 4,201,211 A 5/1980 Chandrasekaran …

Methods for preparing a series of rnesoporous silicates, such as room-temperature ionic
liquid (RTIL)-templated meso porous silicate particles, With various particle morphologies …

(57) ABSTRACT A submicron structure includes a silica body defining a plurality of pores
that are suitable to receive molecules therein, the silica body further defining an outer …

Disclosed are nanotopography-based methods and devices for interacting with a
component of the dermal connective tissue. Devices include structures fabricated on a …

Disclosed are devices for delivering a rheumatoid arthritis drug across a dermal barrier. The
devices include microneedles for penetrating the stratum corneum and also include …

2012-05-15 Assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), US DEPT. OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), US GOVERNMENT reassignment NATIONAL …

Various exemplary embodiments provide protocell nanostructures and methods for
constructing and using the protocell nanostructures. In one embodiment, the protocell …

Disclosed are composite microneedles arrays including microneedles and a film overlaying
the microneedles. The film includes a plurality of nano-sized structures fabricated thereon …

(57) ABSTRACT A consumer care composition or a food composition com prising a
mesoporous microparticulate material wherein at least some of the pores of the material are …