Inventors:
Ananda Chakrabarty - Villa Park IL, US
Tapas Das Gupta - River Forest IL, US
Tohru Yamada - Oak Park IL, US
Arsenio Fialho - Lisbon, PT
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois - Urbana IL
International Classification:
A61K 39/00
A61K 49/00
A61K 39/10
US Classification:
4241851, 424 91, 424 92, 4241841, 4241901, 4241921, 4242341, 4242501, 4242531, 4242601, 530300, 530350, 536 231, 536 237
Abstract:
The present invention discloses methods and materials for delivering a cargo compound into a cancer cell. Delivery of the cargo compound is accomplished by the use of protein transduction domains derived from cupredoxins. The invention further discloses methods for treating cancer and diagnosing cancer.