TUMOR-TARGETED NANODELIVERY SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE EARLY MRI DETECTION OF CANCER

摘要

A method of making antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted immunoliposomes forthe systemic delivery of molecules to treat and image diseases, includingcancerous tumors, providing immunoliposomes and compositions, as well asmethods of imaging various tissues. The liposome complexes are useful forencapsulation of imaging agents, for example, for use in magnetic resonanceimaging. The specificity of the delivery system is derived from the targetingantibodies or antibody fragments.