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Institutional Impact of the NSMS IGERT

Protocell

Protocell

Copyright Nature Materials – Cover of May 2011 Volume 10 No 5, article written by NSMS IGERT fellow Carlee Ashley Protocell synthesized by the fusion of liposomes to spherical, nanoporous silica particles and by subsequent modification of the lipid bilayer with targeting peptides and fusogenic peptides shows the targeted delivery and controlled release of chemically diverse multicomponent cargos within the cytosol of human liver carcinoma cells.

Credits: Nature Materials May 2011 Volume 10 No 5