Backpack-carrying monocyte (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Backpack-carrying monocyte

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Shown on the left, is an immunofluorescence image of a monocyte with its outer cell membrane stained in green and nucleus stained in blue, and to which the team has attached backpacks loaded with anti-inflammatory drugs stained in red. The illustration on the right shows how drug-loaded backpacks can be easily attached to primary monocytes isolated from peripheral blood, using an antibody fragment binding a specific surface protein.

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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