Table 1.        Biomaterials Used for DNA Delivery

Material

References

Polyethylene vinyl co-acetate (EVAc)

Jong et al., 1996 Luo et al., 1999

Polyanhydride copolymers of fumaric & sebacic acid (poly(FA:SA)20:80)

Mathiowitz et al., 1997

Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLCG)

Shea et al., 1999 Murphy et al., 1999

Gene activated matrix (GAM)

Bonadio et al., 1999, 2000

Poly[alpha-(4-aminobutyl)-L-glycolic acid] (PAGA)

Lim et al., 2000 Maheshwari et al., 2000

Imidazole-containing polymer

Pack et al., 2000

Alginate microsphere

Alexakis et al., 1995 Aggarwal et al., 1999
Mittal et al., 2001

Chitosan

Quong et al., 1998, 1999 Richardson et al., 1999
Roy et al., 1999 Lee et al., 1998
MacLaughlin et al., 1998 Erbacher et al., 1998

Gelatin

Truong-Le et al., 1998, 1999 Leong et al., 1998

Atelocollagen

Ochiya et al., 1999