DNA Origami Delivers Anti-Cancer Drug
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Scientists have shown that DNA origami can be used for the targeted delivery of cancer drugs to tumor cells in mice. The study documenting these findings has been published in the journal
The research team led by Dr. Ding Baoquan and Dr. Du Yang from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that DNA origami loaded with the anti-cancer drug doxoribucin could be used to treat cancer in a targeted fashion, thereby reducing side effects.
They showed that the injected DNA origami accumulated at the tumor cells due to the leakiness of the blood vessels at tumor cell mass. Once accumulated at the tumor cells, the DNA origami structure degraded naturally, releasing the drug in the process. By tagging the DNA origami with quantum dots which emit light under fluorescence imaging, the researchers could image the DNA origami distribution inside the mouse in real time, showing greatest accumulation in the tumor, followed by the liver and kidney.
After 12 days, mice treated with drugs delivered by DNA origami had a smaller tumor volume than mice treated with the drug alone, indicating that DNA origami is potentially a superior drug delivery method.
Previous work on DNA origami carrying drugs were only done
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Scientists have shown that DNA origami can be used for the targeted delivery of cancer drugs to tumor cells in mice. The study documenting these findings has been published in the journal
The research team led by Dr. Ding Baoquan and Dr. Du Yang from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that DNA origami loaded with the anti-cancer drug doxoribucin could be used to treat cancer in a targeted fashion, thereby reducing side effects.
They showed that the injected DNA origami accumulated at the tumor cells due to the leakiness of the blood vessels at tumor cell mass. Once accumulated at the tumor cells, the DNA origami structure degraded naturally, releasing the drug in the process. By tagging the DNA origami with quantum dots which emit light under fluorescence imaging, the researchers could image the DNA origami distribution inside the mouse in real time, showing greatest accumulation in the tumor, followed by the liver and kidney.
After 12 days, mice treated with drugs delivered by DNA origami had a smaller tumor volume than mice treated with the drug alone, indicating that DNA origami is potentially a superior drug delivery method.
Previous work on DNA origami carrying drugs were only done
The article can be found at:
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