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Leukosomes engage stealth mode by altering their protein shell

07 Apr 2017 Michael Shannon 
Diagram of leukosomes resisting phagocytosis
Leukosomes resist phagocytosis by host macrophage, by coating themselves differently to plain liposomes. Image credit: adapted from 'Unveiling the in Vivo Protein Corona of Circulating Leukocyte-like Carriers' Corbo 2017.
Leukosomes are a promising new type of nanoparticle for use in targeted drug and gene delivery. Prel

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Michael Shannon is a former network contributor to Physics World. Michael studied advanced microscopy at Osaka University, Japan. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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