Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

Capturing the perfect pose

  • Anam Akhtar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02591-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 2

Abstract

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Lipid nanoparticles can be used to deliver nucleic acids for gene expression modulation—but getting them to target specific tissues is an ongoing challenge. In a new study by Dammes et al., a conformation-sensitive targeting strategy is used to achieve better selectivity in silencing gut-homing leukocytes in mouse models of colitis.