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Synthetic Nanoparticles can Penetrate Cells Without Adverse Effects on Membrane

by Rajshri on June 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM Research News

Nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without harming its membrane have been developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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The researchers say that their work attains significance as it raises the hope of realising drug delivery systems based on nanoparticles.

They have revealed that gold nanoparticles coated with alternating bands of two different kinds of molecules were found to have the ability of quickly pass into cells without poking a hole in their protective membranes.

"We've created the first fully synthetic material that can pass through a cell membrane without rupturing it, and we've found that order on the nanometer scale is necessary to provide this property," Nature Materials quoted Francesco Stellacci, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as saying.

The researchers tested the practical applications of the nanoparticles for drug delivery by using them to deliver fluorescent imaging agents to cells.

Apart from such applications, the team adds, the tiny spheres might also help study what enables some biological materials like peptides to enter cells.

"No one understands how these biologically derived cell-penetrating materials work. So we could use the new particles to learn more about their biological counterparts. Could they be analogues of the biological system?" said the study's co-author Darrell Irvine, the Eugene Bell Career Development Associate Professor of Tissue Engineering.

He says that the feat is quite similar to a phenomenon kids can discover.

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