Virus-inspired drug delivery system travels cell to cell

Researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Washington have developed self-assembling nanocages that are packaged within cell membranes and exported to travel from cell to cell, delivering therapeutics. The team’s work was published in Nature.

The drug delivery system is inspired by a mechanism used by viruses to spread their infectious materials among cells in a host’s body.”We’re shifting our perception from viruses as pathogens, to viruses as inspiration for new tools,” co-senior author Wesley Sundquist said in prepared remarks. Adding specific genetic code from viruses to the nanocages enabled them to undock from 1 cell, travel to another and dock there to empty its contents.

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