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RNA Nanotechnology Approach for Targeted Delivery of RNA Therapeutics Using Cell-Internalizing Aptamers
The development of RNA-based therapeutics has progressed rapidly in recent years. RNA aptamers are a form of nanoparticles ranging in size from 10 to... -
Aptamer-Mediated siRNA Targeting
RNA interference (RNAi) is a sequence-specific mechanism for posttranscriptional inhibition of gene expression. As such, it is an attractive approach... -
Synthesis, Conjugation, and Labeling of Multifunctional pRNA Nanoparticles for Specific Delivery of siRNA, Drugs, and Other Therapeutics to Target Cells
RNA is unique in nanoscale fabrication due to its amazing diversity of function and structure. RNA nanoparticles can be fabricated with a level of... -
Application of Aptamers for Targeted Therapeutics
Aptamers are short, single-stranded oligonucleotides that are isolated through a process termed systematic evolution of ligands by exponential...
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RNA Nanoparticles for Gene Expression Regulation
In this chapter, we view the methodology of rational design, characterization and implementation of tecto-RNA nanoparticles for gene regulation.... -
Nucleic Acid-Based Encapsulations for Cancer Diagnostics and Drug Delivery
With the advancements in proteomics, it is now known that molecular abnormalities found in cancerous cells stem mostly from the proteins involved in... -
Barriers to Non-Viral Vector-Mediated Gene Delivery in the Nervous System
Efficient methods for cell line transfection are well described, but, for primary neurons, a high-yield method different from those relying on viral...
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AIDS Treatment with Novel Anti-HIV Compounds Improved by Nanotechnology
The first International Symposium of Nanomedicine on AIDS “AIDS Treatment with Novel Anti-HIV compounds Improved by Nanotechnology” was held November...
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Nucleic Acids-Based Therapeutics in the Battle Against Pathogenic Viruses
For almost three decades, researchers have studied the possibility to use nucleic acids as antiviral therapeutics. In theory, compounds such as... -
Construction of folate-conjugated pRNA of bacteriophage phi29 DNA packaging motor for delivery of chimeric siRNA to nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a poorly differentiated upper respiratory tract cancer that highly expresses human folate receptors (hFR). Binding of...