Stable RNA Structures Show Promise in Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment: RNA nanoparticles can now be the found...

Stable RNA Structures Show Promise in Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment

Stable RNA Structures Show Promise in Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment: RNA nanoparticles can now be the found...

Last year I covered research led by Peixuan Guo—at the time he was at the University of Cincinnati—in making stable 3D nanostructures out of RNA (ribonucleic acid) that were resistant to the enzymes that chop RNA up within minutes. At the time, this was a significant achievement because RNA possesses more flexible capabilities in building structures than does DNA—or would, if they weren't eaten up in short order. With a stable RNA Guo planned on using it in “gearing a powerful nanomotor that packages viral DNA into the protein shells of a bacterial virus named phi29.” Now Guo is back with his stable RNA—this time at the University of Kentucky—and has developed a nanoparticle made from the material that could help treat cancer and viral infections . The research, which was published in Nano Today , involved building an X-shaped RNA structure in which each arm of the structu...

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