The present invention provides a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infections with human papillomavirus. The present invention relates to a lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing the E6 and E7 antigens of human papillomavirus, wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:

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wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl group;
L.sup.1 represents a C.sub.17-C.sub.19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy groups;
L.sup.2 represents a C.sub.10-C.sub.19 alkyl group which may have one or a plurality of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy groups or a C.sub.10-C.sub.19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C.sub.2-C.sub.4 alkanoyloxy groups; and
p is 3 or 4.

The presently disclosed subject matter provides a kinetically controlled mixing process, referred to herein as “flash nanocomplexation” or “(FNC),” to accelerate the mixing of a polyanion solution, for example, a plasmid DNA solution, with a polycation solution to match the polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) assembly kinetics through turbulent mixing in a microchamber, thus achieving explicit control of the kinetic conditions for nanoparticle assembly as demonstrated by the tunability of nanoparticle size, composition, hydrodynamic size, hydrodynamic density, surface charge, and polyanion payload.

Disclosed herein are CpG conjugated nanoparticles for immunotherapy and photothermal therapy. The composition comprises class B CpG conjugated nanoparticles and/or a class C CpG conjugated nanoparticles where the class B CpG conjugated nanoparticles comprises a nanoparticle core and a class B CpG conjugated thereto and the class C CpG conjugated nanoparticles comprises a nanoparticle core and a class C CpG conjugated thereto.

Disclosed are a pharmaceutical use of a gold cluster for the treatment of multiple sclerosis in a subject. The gold cluster comprises a gold core and a ligand bonded to the gold core.

Formulated and/or co-formulated nanocarriers (e.g., LNPs and/or SLNPs) comprising AR Prodrugs and methods of making the nanocarriers are disclosed herein. The AR prodrug compositions comprise a drug moiety, a lipid moiety, and linkage unit that inhibit A2aR. The AR Prodrugs can be formulated and/or co-formulated into a nanocarrier to provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders, and other disease by utilizing a targeted drug delivery vehicle.

A nanomedicinal composition comprising a nanocarrier and a pharmaceutical agent mixture comprising an anti-cancer therapeutic and an antioxidant. The nanocarrier comprises a porous silicate matrix and particles of a magnetic ferrite disposed in the pores of the porous silicate matrix. The pharmaceutical agent mixture is disposed in the pores and/or on the surface of the nanocarrier by a solution phase impregnation process. The nanomedicinal composition is used in a method of treating breast cancer.

The invention relates to a novel use of ultrafine nanoparticles, of use as a diagnostic, therapeutic or theranostic agent, characterized by their mode of administration via the airways. The invention is also directed toward the applications which follow from this novel mode of administration, in particular for imaging the lungs, and the diagnosis or prognosis of pathological pulmonary conditions. In the therapeutic field, the applications envisioned are those of radiosensitizing or radioactive agents for radiotherapy (and optionally curietherapy), or for neutron therapy, or of agents for PDT (photodynamic therapy), in particular for the treatment of lung tumors.

Disclosed herein are nanoparticles comprising a lipid core comprising a sterol; and a complex comprising a cationic agent and a therapeutic agent, wherein the complex is encapsulated within the lipid core. Methods to produce the nanoparticle comprise: combining a cationic agent, a therapeutic agent, and a first water-immiscible solvent with a first aqueous solution, thereby forming a mixture comprising a complex comprising the cationic agent and the therapeutic agent; combining the mixture with a second waterim-miscible solvent, thereby forming an aqueous phase and an organic phase, and separating the organic phase comprising the complex; combining the organic phase comprising the complex with a sterol and a first water-miscible organic solvent; and dispersing the complex in a second aqueous solution to form a herein disclosed nanoparticle. Methods for treating a disease and for reducing nanoparticle burst rate are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to nanoparticles and methods for polynucleotide transfection.

A nanoprobe system for in vivo use comprises a plasmonic-active nanoparticle and a molecular probe system. The molecular probe system comprises an oligonucleotide capable of forming a stem-loop configuration, having a first end and a second end, wherein the oligonucleotide is immobilized to the plasmonic-active nanoparticle at the first end and labeled with a Raman reporter at the second end, a placeholder strand at least partially bound to the oligonucleotide, and an attachment mechanism for attachment to a cell membrane.