Patent ID: 7704954

Claim:
A method for delivering a molecule to a cell, the method comprising contacting the cell with a carrier complex, wherein the carrier complex comprises the molecule conjugated to an aromatic cationic peptide, wherein the aromatic cationic peptide is selected from the group consisting of: Tyr- D -Arg-Phe-Lys-NH 2 (DALDA), 2′,6′-Dmt- D -Arg-Phe-Lys-NH 2 (Dmt 1 -DALDA), Phe- D -Arg-Phe-Lys-NH 2 (Phe 1 -DALDA), D -Arg-2′,6′Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH 2 , and 2′,6′-Dmp- D -Arg-Phe-Lys-NH 2 (Dmp 1 -DALDA); and wherein the molecule is selected from the group consisting of: a polynucleotide, a polyamino acid, a cytotoxic agent, an antibiotic, an antioxidant, a growth factor, and a cytokine.