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TARGETED GENETIC DRUG DELIVERY

Nanotechnology for organ-tunable gene editing

Lipid nanoparticles containing genetic drugs can be bioengineered to tune their biodistribution and induce organ-specific gene regulation.

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Fig. 1: Organ-tunable therapeutic gene modulation using engineered lipid nanoparticles.

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van der Meel, R. Nanotechnology for organ-tunable gene editing. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 253–255 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0666-9

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