PARTICLES FOR CELL TARGETING

摘要

Provided is a composition that includes oblate spheroidal particles compr ising an active agent, such as a therapeutic or imaging agent, and a method for treating or monitoring a physiological condition, such as a disease, by administering the composition to a subject in need thereof. Also provided ar e methods for making particles that have a volume that can enhance the parti cles' adhesion to a target site in a subject's body for a pre-selected shape of the particles and methods for making particles that have a shape that ca n enhance particles' adhesion to a target site in a subject's body for a pre -selected volume of the particles.