Microfluidic technologies and devices for lipid nanoparticle-based RNA delivery

M Maeki, S Uno, A Niwa, Y Okada, M Tokeshi - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2021, mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 were approved by the Food and Drug
Administration. mRNA vaccines are important for preventing severe COVID-19 and returning …

Targeting cancer with mRNA–lipid nanoparticles: key considerations and future prospects

E Kon, N Ad-El, I Hazan-Halevy… - Nature reviews clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Harnessing mRNA–lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to treat patients with cancer has been an
ongoing research area that started before these versatile nanoparticles were successfully …

The exit of nanoparticles from solid tumours

LNM Nguyen, ZP Lin, S Sindhwani, P MacMillan… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoparticles enter tumours through endothelial cells, gaps or other mechanisms, but how
they exit is unclear. The current paradigm states that collapsed tumour lymphatic vessels …

Throughput-scalable manufacturing of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines

SJ Shepherd, X Han, AJ Mukalel… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a potent delivery technology that have made it possible for
the recent clinical breakthroughs in mRNA therapeutics and vaccines. A key challenge to the …

Microfluidic nanoparticles for drug delivery

Y Liu, G Yang, Y Hui, S Ranaweera, CX Zhao - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted tremendous interest in drug delivery in the past decades.
Microfluidics offers a promising strategy for making NPs for drug delivery due to its capability …

Microfluidic devices: a tool for nanoparticle synthesis and performance evaluation

S Gimondi, H Ferreira, RL Reis, NM Neves - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in nanomedicine holds great promise for the treatment of
diseases for which conventional therapies present serious limitations. Additionally, NPs can …

Clinical translation of nanomedicines: Challenges, opportunities, and keys

MA Younis, HM Tawfeek, AAH Abdellatif… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the massive interest and recent developments in the field of nanomedicine, only a
limited number of formulations have found their way to the clinics. This shortcoming reveals …

Microfluidic formulation of nanoparticles for biomedical applications

SJ Shepherd, D Issadore, MJ Mitchell - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has made significant advances in clinical applications since the late-20th
century, in part due to its distinct advantages in biocompatibility, potency, and novel …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of lipid nanoparticle size on mRNA vaccine immunogenicity

KJ Hassett, J Higgins, A Woods, B Levy, Y Xia… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lipid nanoparticles (LNP) are effective delivery vehicles for messenger RNA (mRNA) and
have shown promise for vaccine applications. Yet there are no published reports detailing …

Immunogenicity of lipid nanoparticles and its impact on the efficacy of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics

Y Lee, M Jeong, J Park, H Jung, H Lee - Experimental & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Several studies have utilized a lipid nanoparticle delivery system to enhance the
effectiveness of mRNA therapeutics and vaccines. However, these nanoparticles are …