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Simple 'cocktail' of amino acids dramatically boosts power of mRNA therapies and CRISPR gene editing

Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people, are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution. Researchers are racing to use them to ferry therapeutic mRNA into cells for cancer therapies and treatments for i...

Simple 'cocktail' of amino acids dramatically boosts power of mRNA therapies and CRISPR gene editing
Image: Phys.org
Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, best known as the delivery vehicle for the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines received by billions of people, are now at the center of a much larger medical revolution. Researchers are racing to use them to ferry therapeutic mRNA into cells for cancer therapies and treatments for inflammatory diseases, as well as delivering CRISPR constructs that can correct disease-causing gene mutations.

Originally published at Phys.org

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