Nanochip Turns Skin Into a Bioreactor

Nanochip Turns Skin Into a Bioreactor

A nanochip that delivers genetic "cargo" to reprogram skin cells into different types of cells in vivo could one day be used to repair injured tissue or restore tissue function at the bedside. according to researchers at Ohio State University. The researchers dubbed the technology tissue n...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2017-09, Vol.318 (10), p.898-898
Main Author: Abbasi, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Bioreactors
Cell death
Genetic engineering
Humans
Inflammation
Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems
Nanotechnology
Recovery of function
Semiconductors
Skin
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Summary:A nanochip that delivers genetic "cargo" to reprogram skin cells into different types of cells in vivo could one day be used to repair injured tissue or restore tissue function at the bedside. according to researchers at Ohio State University. The researchers dubbed the technology tissue nanotransfection in a recent article in Nature Nanotechnology. Unlike other in vivo cell reprogramming technologies being researched, TNT does not employ viral vectors, which can cause inflammatory responses leading to cell death.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598