Exosomes, The Elusive Tiny Vesicles Produced by Cells, Have Lots of Potential for Med
 

Exosomes, The Elusive Tiny Vesicles Produced by Cells, Have Lots of Potential for Medicine
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Exosomes are tiny capsules (30-130 na**meters) produced by cells that seem to be involved in all sorts of processes within the body, but only lately have they been properly studied. Because these natural na**particles are involved in many different biochemical processes, they may be relevant for a wide variety of clinical applications including diag**stics, therapy, and tracking of disease progression. For example, exosomes are able to easily pass through the blood-brain barrier and the plasma membranes of cells, potentially serving as drug carriers. Discovered less than forty years ago, there’s a lot of work to be done to reveal the full potential of exosomes.

Researchers fromآ*Swansea University in the U.K.,آ*Houston Methodist Research Institute in Texas, andآ*International Iberian Na**tech**logy Laboratory in Portugal, have put inآ*an effort exploring what exosomes may end up doing for medical practice. They just published a study in journalآ*Trends in Molecular Medicine that goes over topics such as disease detection, immune system activation, and treatment of diseases by having the vesicles deliver *****.

The investigators provide a number of examples of research undertaken to study how exosomes may be beneficial for prostate cancer testing, improving heart muscle function, regenerating soft tissue, and addressing challenges related to Parkinson’s and diabetes.

To help guide future researchers, the study addresses the potential for side effects and how to move toward standardizing the separation, characterization, and storage of exosomes.

Study in Trends in Molecular Medicine: Exosomes as Reconfigurable Therapeutic Systems…

Via: Swansea University…

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