A potential solution lies in the synergistic combination of a chemotherapeutic drug with engineered genetic material designed to neutralize the malevolent genes conferring resistance to that drug, among other functions.
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New hybrid materials developed in the lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering use easily modifiable proteins to deliver a chemical one-two punch: they combine a lipid “container” for transfection—the transportation of cargo past a cell membrane—and an easy-to-make protein capsule that can bind both small chemotherapeutic molecules and nucleic acids.
“Unlike other pursuits at producing dual gene and drug delivery systems, this approach doesn’t require tedious chemical synthesis procedures; rather we can biosynthesize any variant of the supercharged protein,” [Jin Kim Montclare, an Affiliate Professor of Chemistry at NYU] said. “This allows for substituting different siRNA molecules and chemotherapeutic drugs to suit lab needs.”
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