Microfluidic technologies for lipid vesicle generation
Yu Cheng, Callum D. Hay, Suchaya M. Mahuttanatan, James W. Hindley, Oscar Ces, Yuval Elani
TL;DR
Microfluidic technologies allow precise creation of lipid vesicles for drug delivery, synthetic biology, and biophysics, offering better control than traditional methods.
Contribution
A comprehensive review of recent advances in microfluidic lipid vesicle generation techniques and their applications.
Findings
Microfluidic methods enable precise size control and high encapsulation efficiency for lipid vesicles.
These technologies allow user-defined membrane properties, such as lipid composition and asymmetry.
Microfluidics supports integration with lab-on-chip systems for advanced manipulation and analysis.
Abstract
Encapsulating biological and non-biological materials in lipid vesicles presents significant potential in both industrial and academic settings. When smaller than 100 nm, lipid vesicles and lipid nanoparticles are ideal vehicles for drug delivery, facilitating the delivery of payloads, improving pharmacokinetics, and reducing the off-target effects of therapeutics. When larger than 1 μm, vesicles are useful as model membranes for biophysical studies, as synthetic cell chassis, as bio-inspired supramolecular devices, and as the basis of protocells to explore the origin of life. As applications of lipid vesicles gain prominence in the fields of nanomedicine, biotechnology, and synthetic biology, there is a demand for advanced technologies for their controlled construction, with microfluidic methods at the forefront of these developments. Compared to conventional bulk methods, emerging…
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Taxonomy
TopicsPhytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens · Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies