Nanocages for Drug Delivery
July 31, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Hydrogel nanotraps have existed for a few years, but this piece describes nanocages derived from self-assembling bacterial proteins. UCLA biochemists describe these cages as hollow lattices, a fraction the size of a virus, which could hold a therapeutic compound on the inside and a cellular targeting molecule on the exterior. This might also be used to make artificial vaccines, but before the technology can be used in people, the proteins involved in making the lattice have to be of human origin. MORE
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