EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-INSPIRED THERAPY
HIGHLIGHTS
"Vesicles of stem cells have properties of their own that repair damage to the heart. We want to add therapeutic RNA molecules."
Dr. Pieter Vader
"We will try to
develop a new treatment for hypercholesterolemia by permanently removing PCSK9 from hepatocytes
by using cell-derived vesicles."
Dr. Zhiyong Lei
"While CPC-EVs hold great potential to serve as cell-free therapeutic for cardiac repair, more effort must be put in understanding EVs’ mechanism of action and increasing standardization of EV production processes in order to allow for further employment of EV-based therapeutics."