Exosomes Show Promise as a Potential Strategy Targeting SCI
Jaime Said and Jordan Reid working in the lab.
“Exosomes, like the nanosized vehicle of Fantastic Voyage, will allow us to deliver biomolecules or pharmaceuticals to specific areas of the body after injury to program damaged cells to survive and repair themselves” 10
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xosome-based therapy is an exciting development that has derived from research on how cells communicate with one another over distances within the body.
Exosomes are nanosized structures within a cell that can be released, such as in response to an injury, and then taken up by nearby cells or enter the circulation where they can be delivered to other tissues or organs. Exosomes act as shuttles for certain genetic information and proteins to other cells that are important regulators in the body that tell different cells what to do and how and when to react. This cell-to cell communication is critical in the body’s ability to maintain a healthy cellular environment. Exosomes play a key role in the regulation of these
