New adaptable nanoparticle platform enables enhanced delivery of gene therapies, RCSI research
DULBIN, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Scientists have developed polypeptide-based materials that act as effective vectors for delivering gene therapies. The first-of-its-kind platform enables the vectors to be adapted to suit the specific gene therapy cargo.
The work, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and funded by Science Foundation Ireland, is published in Biomaterials Science.
A major challenge for gene therapies is preparing them in a way that can deliver the genetic information into the host cells. For the Covid-19 vaccines that use mRNA technology, the genetic information is delivered in a lipid nanoparticle to maintain its stability and deliver it into cells. The success of the COVID vaccines has established nanoparticles as key to the development of many advanced therapies.
Scientists have developed polypeptide-based materials that act as effective vectors for delivering gene therapies. The first-of-its-kind platform enables.
IT Sligo improving access through online writing ‘Despite being unable to physically be together, we formed an almost immediate bond’
about 3 hours ago Peter McGuire
Students at IT Sligo, which launched its new undergraduate degree, the level eight BA in Writing and Literature
Course profile: IT Sligo’s BA in Writing and Literature
Few students were allowed on campuses over the past year. But for many budding students with disabilities, underlying health conditions or care commitments, campuses have long since been inaccessible.
Last year, IT Sligo launched a . The course, part of IT Sligo’s Higher Education for All initiative, a partnership between the institute, Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board (ETB), Donegal ETB and Family Carers Ireland, was designed to be fully online in order to make it more accessible to everyone.
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