Saturday, March 21, 2015

Spherical nucleic acids

Spherical nucleic acids train immune system to fight disease
March 17, 2015

SNA ft. 
Could lead to an entire new pipeline of drugs to treat a range of diseases
A research team led by Northwestern University nanomedicine expert Chad A. Mirkin and Sergei Gryaznov of AuraSense Therapeutics has shown that spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) can be used as potent drugs to effectively train the immune system to fight disease, by either boosting or dampening the immune response. The initial treatment triggers a cell-specific immune response all … more…

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