Vesicle-based artificial cells: Recent developments and prospects for drug delivery

Therapeutic Delivery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 143-145

  Elani, Yuval ^a   Law, Robert V ^a   Ces, Oscar ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

artificial cells; biomimicry; drug delivery; microfluidics; micromachines; synthetic biology; vesicles

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; VISCOSITY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84929712887     PISSN: 20415990     EISSN: 20416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/tde.15.14     Document Type: Editorial

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