New insights into cationic polymer structure in RNA drug delivery

LMU researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA drugs.

Cationic polymers are promising tools for transporting RNA therapeutics or RNA vaccines. Like lipid nanocarriers, they are used to deliver mRNA medicines. The nanoscopic packaging materials are able to effectively protect their load and deliver them to the target cells.

Professor Olivia Merkel, Chair of Drug Delivery at LMU's Faculty of Chemistry and PharmacyWe manufacture so-called 'gene ferries,' into which all kinds of therapeutic nucleic acids can be encapsulated for secure transport to the site of action."

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU)

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