We've seen drugs capable of turning white fat - storing tissue into brown, fat - burning tissue, but
a new nanoparticle delivery system could significantly improve how such treatments are delivered, avoiding unwanted side effects often associated with such therapy.
Not exact matches
Anderson and others are already exploring
new gene -
delivery methods, including
nanoparticles, to better deliver gene - editing therapies to target tissues.
But Moderna's
newer drugs don't have those problems, he says, thanks in part to a careful redesign of their
delivery vehicle, the lipid
nanoparticle.
In the
new study, Anderson and colleagues developed a combined
nanoparticle and viral
delivery system to deliver the CRISPR repair machinery.
A
new study shows that a 70 - year - old malaria drug can block immune cells in the liver so
nanoparticles can arrive at their intended tumor site, overcoming a significant hurdle of targeted drug
delivery, according to a team of researchers led by Houston Methodist.
«Age - old malaria treatment found to improve
nanoparticle delivery to tumors: Nanomedicine researchers find
new use for 70 - year - old drug.»
Physicists gain
new insights into nanosystems with spherical confinement: Enormous potential for the targeted
delivery of pharmaceutical agents and the creation of tailored
nanoparticles July 27th, 2017
In two
new publications in the journal Molecular Therapy, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering professor Peixuan Guo, PhD, details successful methods of producing large RNA
nanoparticles and testing their safety in the
delivery of therapeutics to targeted cells.
A
new,
nanoparticle - based drug
delivery system being developed by health physics professor Steen Madsen offers
new treatment for glioblastoma.
A
new method, which makes use of innovative
nanoparticles, could change that, providing a less harmful «cluster bomb» approach to
delivery.