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  • Locally delivering therapeutic T cells into solid tumours in mice via thin nitinol films loaded with the cells lengthens the animals’ survival.

    • Kwasi Adu-Berchie
    • David J. Mooney
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  • Negatively charged nanoparticles of about 50 nm in size permit the oral delivery of insulin and other peptide drugs by temporally enhancing the permeability of the intestinal wall.

    • Per Artursson
    • Patrik Lundquist
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  • In an adult mouse model of tyrosinaemia, a base editor correcting an A-to-G splice-site mutation in the Fah gene restores the translation of the functional enzyme, promoting the repopulation of the liver with the corrected cells.

    • Kiran Musunuru
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  • An injectable biomaterial vaccine encapsulating antigens associated with acute myeloid leukaemia, dendritic-cell-targeting pro-inflammatory cytokines and an adjuvant protects mice from the disease.

    • Guojun Chen
    • Zhen Gu
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  • The therapeutic dose of small interfering RNA can be reduced by endogenously expressing and packaging the RNA into extracellular vesicles through its integration with the backbone of a highly enriched pre-microRNA.

    • Monique A. J. van Eijndhoven
    • S. Rubina Baglio
    • D. Michiel Pegtel
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  • Large quantities of extracellular vesicles produced via cellular nanoporation, and loaded with endogenously transcribed therapeutic mRNAs and targeting peptides, boost therapeutic outcomes in vivo.

    • Antje M. Zickler
    • Samir EL Andaloussi
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  • The overexpression of the transcription factor c-Jun improves chimeric-antigen-receptor T-cell functionality and enhances the killing of low-antigen-expressing liquid and solid cancers in mice.

    • Martin W. LaFleur
    • Brian C. Miller
    • Arlene H. Sharpe
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