Patent ID: 8252324

Claim:
A targeted drug delivery nanocarrier, the nanocarrier comprising: a plurality of amphiphilic molecules; a plurality of recombinant filamentous bacteriophage pVIII major coat proteins; and a plurality of drug molecules; wherein the plurality of amphiphilic molecules form a micelle comprising the drug molecules contained therein, the plurality of recombinant filamentous bacteriophage pVIII major coat proteins are complexed to the micelle via self-assembly, the plurality of recombinant filamentous bacteriophage pVIII major coat proteins comprise a hydrophobic helix that spans the micelle, and the plurality of recombinant filamentous bacteriophage pVIII major coat proteins display a binding peptide on the surface of the micelle that is selected to specifically and selectively bind to a target site.