S. "Thai" Thayumanavan, PhD
Research Focus - Delivery of Drugs, Protein/Antibody, and DNA/RNA
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Small-molecule delivery — development of a highly versatile, tunable, and nontoxic delivery system for hydrophobic small molecules (our start-up company based on this technology focuses on delivery to liver cells)
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Protein and antibody delivery — development of a novel shrink-wrapping technology that protects proteins from protease degradation and provides access to cellular interiors, providing an opportunity to drug undruggable intracellular targets using therapeutic antibodies
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Nucleic acid delivery — development of a non-cationic lipid-polymer nanoparticle that delivers siRNA and ds-microRNA efficiently; the non-charged nature obviates toxicity, while offering efficient delivery.
Representative Publication
Dutta K, Hu D, Zhao B, Ribbe A, Zhuang J, Thayumanavan S. Templated self-assembly of a covalent polymer network for intracellular protein delivery and traceless release. J Am Chem Soc. 2017;139(16):5676-5679.