National Nanotechnology Initiative’s Post

#Diabetic #wounds, often resistant to conventional treatments, pose serious health risks to millions of people worldwide. #Immune cells known as #macrophages, which are supposed to help, end up causing #inflammation instead, making it harder for the wound to heal properly and quickly. Now, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Ohio State University have designed a #regenerative medicine therapy to speed up diabetic wound repair. Using #lipid #nanoparticles loaded with #RNA encoding a signaling protein known as a #cytokine, the therapy targeted dysfunctional macrophages while simultaneously reducing inflammation in diabetic wounds. "In preclinical models, we basically showed the therapy's ability to reprogram pro-inflammatory macrophages into reparative ones, leading to improved wound healing outcomes," said Yizhou Dong, one of the scientists involved in this study. https://lnkd.in/gqVgtuP6 (Work funded by The National Institutes of Health)

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Delai Chen

Director, Nanoparticle formulation

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Congrats Yizhou!

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