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Nanomachines Loaded with Wine Ingredients Overcome Gene Therapy Challenges.
A press release issued on February 6 was featured on an international web TV. This report highlights a paper published in ACS Nano by a research team led by Dr. Yuto Honda, a senior research scientist at the iCONM Nishiyama Lab and an assistant professor at Institute of Science Tokyo. The paper explores how the use of tannic acid and phenylboronic acid, components found in wine and tea, enables the incorporation of AAV vectors used in gene therapy into nano-machines, addressing challenges such as neutralizing antibodies and hepatotoxicity related to gene therapy
Web TV site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijA7ET0SvQ
News Release:
https://iconm.kawasaki-net.ne.jp/en/pdf/250206pressrelease_en.pdf