Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Streiber M, Holick Ct, Gath L, Tsarenko E, Bachmann V, Litsiou S, Et Al.
Efficient, biocompatible, and flexible application of CRISPR-Cas9 remains a major challenge in gene therapy. This study addresses a novel formulation method, focusing on organic solvent-free lipid nanoparticles for the efficient delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 components. Therefore, novel stealth lipids comprising the lipid…
Read the article →Biomedicines2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Zahedipour F, Sadeghianfard S, Wisser S, Dinarvand M, Steiner D, Ramesh A, Et Al.
Background/Objectives: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains the most aggressive and treatment-refractory primary brain tumor, with current therapeutic modalities providing minimal survival improvement. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based immunotherapies succeeded in hematologic malignancies but are constrained in…
Read the article →International journal of pharmaceutics2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Li J, Li C, Wang H, Yu H, Zhang T, Li C, Et Al.
Osteoarthritis (OA) progression involves cartilage matrix loss and persistent inflammation. This study developed a machine learning-guided and chondrocyte membrane-camouflaged lipid nanoparticle carrying messenger RNA (CM-LNP@mRNA) platform for intra-articular SOX9 delivery. Random forest analysis identified the…
Read the article →Nano letters2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Zhu P, Huang Y, Pan L, Leng Y, Zheng H, Zhou Y, Et Al.
Atherosclerotic vulnerable plaques pose a risk for acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death due to plaque rupture and thrombosis. While nanomedicines modulating macrophage functions have attracted intensive interest, efficient delivery to plaque macrophages remains challenging. Here, mannose-modified lipid…
Read the article →Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Karaki T, Inoue W, Gis T, Shichinohe S, Watanabe T, Hirai T, Et Al.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have emerged as versatile platforms for the prevention of infectious diseases and therapeutic cancer vaccination. However, strong reactogenicity remains a key challenge, with severe adverse events such as myocarditis. These concerns may limit the applications of mRNA vaccines. As lipid…
Read the article →ACS nano2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Abbas Am, Ghanim R, Rudden S, Schultz D, Jang B, Shakked A, Et Al.
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) administered parenterally often show poor localization to multiple tissue types, including the pancreas and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Furthermore, patients typically prefer orally administered drugs to those that are given parenterally. We therefore investigated whether GI LNP…
Read the article →International journal of pharmaceutics2026ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Shin Y, Lee S, Nguyễn Ánh Nt, Chung M
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) represent clinically validated non-viral platforms for nucleic acid delivery, yet expanding their application toward precision gene therapy demands more than efficient particle formulation or tissue accumulation. Functional delivery requires navigating a sequential biological cascade…
Read the article →Expert opinion on drug delivery2026ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Wang N, Meng L, Shi Jx, Bartneck M
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has progressed from an experimental gene-silencing tool to an established therapeutic modality through advances in chemical modification and delivery. Lipid nanoparticles (LNP) and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-siRNA conjugates have driven this clinical translation, particularly for…
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He Y, Wang L, Williams Ap, Valerio Ti, Sun Y, Bowman J, Et Al.
In this study, we developed a library of mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) containing clinically used ionizable lipids. We surface-modified these nanoparticles with heparosan polysaccharides and systematically compared their performance with conventional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-modified formulations. Our heparosan…
Read the article →ACS applied bio materials2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Wang W, Liu H, Tang W, Shin J, Kim Yc, Li S
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are widely explored as delivery vehicles for self-amplifying RNA (saRNA); however, incorporation of surface functionalities, such as fluorescent dyes for imaging and ligands for targeted delivery, remains challenging. In this study, we introduce a reactive poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate)…
Read the article →Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2026ResearchDrug Delivery
Knol Ra, Hu B, Bobylev Eo, Farber M, Laan Pcm, Kock Tjf, Et Al.
Inorganic anticancer drugs such as cisplatin remain central to chemotherapy but are limited by poor tumor selectivity, rapid clearance, and off-target toxicity. We recently developed cationic Pt 2 L 4 nanocages with 12-fold higher anticancer activity than cisplatin in PC-3M-Pro4 cells in vitro, but their positive…
Read the article →International journal of nanomedicine2026ReviewDrug Delivery
Gharatape A, Alikhanian A, Verdi J, Choonara Ye, Faridi-Majidi R
Although therapeutic opportunities beyond the scope of either field alone are offered by the combination of immune cell treatment and nanotechnology, a dominant nanoparticle design for immune-cell engineering has not been yielded by two decades of research. Here, it is contended that this lack of advancement is the…
Read the article →Frontiers in pharmacology2026ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Rachamala Hk, Atla S, Angom Rs
Cancer immunotherapy is a transformative technology allowing for the elimination of malignant cells through immune system stimulation; however, the large-scale clinical application of adoptive cellular therapy technologies is limited due to difficulties in ex vivo immune cell engineering, high costs, and complicated…
Read the article →Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Jacobs W, De Zwaan K, Rutten L, Van Wessel T, Boltje Tj, Cano Lq, Et Al.
Non-viral nanocarriers for oligonucleotide delivery have enormous therapeutic potential, but the factors determining cell type-specific uptake remain incompletely understood. One major cell surface component that delivery vectors encounter is the glycocalyx. While membrane glycans are established interactors for many…
Read the article →Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Gan J, Wang Y, Li M, Cui S, Zhu L, Yu X, Et Al.
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have emerged as a promising platform for gene/drug delivery in cancer therapy, however their nonspecific biodistribution and extensive hepatosplenic sequestration result in insufficient intratumoral accumulation, thereby undermining the therapeutic efficacy. Here, we establish a sequential…
Read the article →Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2026ResearchNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Nasr Ss, Tabah Oe, Kumar S, Poore S, Duncan Ga
Pulmonary delivery of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) remains an area of significant interest, given the broad range of genetic disorders that could be addressed through localized administration of therapeutic nucleic acids to the lung. In this study, we investigated how incorporation of the clinically used lung…
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Kumar A, Patri Sv, Chilumula S, Arjunan P, Ayyanar V, Hanchate P, Et Al.
The clinical effectiveness of doxorubicin (DOX) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains constrained by poor tumor selectivity and the emergence of multidrug resistance. In this work, we examine how the electronic nature of the C-5 substituent on uracil-based nucleoside lipids shapes the physicochemical and…
Read the article →Advances in Colloid and Interface Science2026ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
D Zhi, A Halemaimaiti, B Dai, H Li, H Wang, Z Zhang, J Yu, S Zhang
This review examines how lipid structure and formulation affect the delivery of DNA, mRNA and siRNA by lipid nanoparticles, while assessing tissue targeting, safety and clinical translation challenges.
Read the article →BioDrugs2026ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
U Iqbal, Rw Hwang, Wj Costain
A review of blood–brain barrier transport mechanisms and emerging lipid nanoparticle strategies for carrying nucleic acid and other complex therapies into the central nervous system.
Read the article →Small2025ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
S Sarmah, S Baidya, M De
This review surveys lipid nanoparticle composition, ionisable lipid synthesis and strategies to target delivery of fragile RNA therapeutics while addressing tissue selectivity and immune activation.
Read the article →Molecular Therapy Methods & Clinical Development2025ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery
Ca Brimacombe, Ja Kulkarni, Mhy Cheng, K An, D Witzigmann, Pr Cullis
A review of the physical principles and development history behind siRNA lipid nanoparticles for liver gene silencing and mRNA lipid nanoparticles for protein expression.
Read the article →Nature Reviews Drug Discovery2024ReviewNon-viral Gene DeliveryDrug Delivery
Pr Cullis, Pl Felgner
This historical review traces lipid-based gene delivery from cationic lipoplexes to ionisable lipid nanoparticles, connecting foundational research with approved mRNA vaccines and siRNA therapy.
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