‘ Connectosomes ’ efficiently deliver chemo to targeted cells

Researchers have developed a new form of nanoparticles called “connectosomes” that can efficiently deliver chemotherapy to human cells more efficiently than traditional delivery methods, according to a report out of the University of Texas at Austin. The team, who published their research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, equipped the connectosomes with gap junctions to create direct channels that could be used to deliver chemotherapy to individual cells. “Gap junctions are the cells’ mechanism for sharing small molecules between neighboring cells. We believed that there must be a way to utilize them for better drug delivery,” biomedical engineering professor Jeanne Stachowiak said in a prepared statement. “The big challenge was in making the materials efficiently and showing that the drugs are delivered through the gap junctions and not some other component.” Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business Site.  The post ‘Connectosomes’ efficiently deliver chemo to targeted cells appeared first on MassDevice.
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