Lipid particles have been used in pharmaceutical developments for many years. LNPs are colloidal carriers that are submicron in size and have been developed to encapsulate pharmaceuticals while ...

Share on Pinterest Our lipid profile may hold vital clues about our health. Image credit: Yamada Taro/Getty Images. Lipids are fatty compounds that are one of the building blocks needed to make living ...

Changing just one atom in a COVID-19 vaccine lipid redirects delivery from the liver to the spleen, improving tumor ...

Nanoparticles have once again reached the spotlight, this time as a critical tool to combat the spread of covid-19. In this particular case, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) encapsulated in lipid ...

To create A1 lipid nanoparticles for delivering mRNA to target cells, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania used A3 coupling. A3 refers to the amine–aldehyde–alkyne coupling reaction, which the ...

In winter, the skin barrier often becomes weaker. This barrier, also known as the moisture barrier, is composed of lipids ...

Therapeutics that use mRNA - like some of the COVID-19 vaccines - have enormous potential for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. These therapeutics work by shuttling mRNA 'instructions' ...

Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers headed by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles that can more efficiently deliver ...

Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies have shown encouraging results for treating hematological cancers such as leukemias and lymphomas, their success in solid tumors has so far ...

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and injury. Scientists aren't completely sure why. They may have a better idea now, ...