Scientists develop nanoscale vesicles for cellular deliveries

Scientists develop nanoscale vesicles for cellular deliveries
Credit: Hideki Shigematsu

Scientists have developed a novel nano-engineering technique to fabricate tiny, membrane-bound vesicles called liposomes.

Looking a bit like the planet Saturn, spherical liposomes fabricated within DNA nano-rings such as the ones captured here by can be made as small as 20 nanometers.

The ability to tailor liposomes to exact sizes help scientists study how cells and subcellular compartments interact and for to deliver drugs to target cells with , said Chenxiang Lin, assistant professor of cell biology at the Yale Nanobiology Institute at West Campus and a co-senior author of the paper published online March 21 in the journal Nature Chemistry.

More information: Yang Yang et al. Self-assembly of size-controlled liposomes on DNA nanotemplates, Nature Chemistry (2016). DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2472

Journal information: Nature Chemistry

Provided by Yale University

Citation: Scientists develop nanoscale vesicles for cellular deliveries (2016, March 22) retrieved 19 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2016-03-scientists-nanoscale-vesicles-cellular-deliveries.html
This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.

Explore further

Researchers show once and for all that liposomes cannot function as carriers transporting active agents into the skin

11 shares

Feedback to editors