RNA nanoparticles in cancer cells. Fluorescent light micrograph of RNA nanoparticles (red) that have been inserted into ovarian cancer cells (blue and
RNA nanoparticles in cancer cells. Fluorescent light micrograph of RNA nanoparticles (red) that have been inserted into ovarian cancer cells (blue and green). The goal of this drug delivery system is to target ovarian cancer without damaging healthy tissues. This nanotechnology uses nanomotors, tiny machines capable of assembling ultra-stable RNA (ribonucleic acid) structures with a wide range of scientific and biomedical uses. A nanomotor was used to assemble a DNA aptamer-based targeting molecule that binds to a receptor (Annexin-A2) which is over-expressed on ovarian cancer cells. This image was created in 2016, as part of research carried out at Ohio State University, USA.
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