Bioactive cell-like hybrids from dendrimersomes with a human cell membrane and its components [Chemistry]

Cell-like hybrids from natural and synthetic amphiphiles provide a platform to engineer functions of synthetic cells and protocells. Cell membranes and vesicles prepared from human cell membranes are relatively unstable in vitro and therefore are difficult to study. The thicknesses of biological membranes and vesicles self-assembled from amphiphilic Janus dendrimers,...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 15, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Srujana S. Yadavalli, Qi Xiao, Samuel E. Sherman, William D. Hasley, Michael L. Klein, Mark Goulian, Virgil Percec Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research