Extracellular vesicles as the "magic bullet" for fighting threats to humanity

Takaaki Tamura; Yusuke Yoshioka; Takahiro Ochiya

doi:10.20517/evcna.2021.14

Extracellular vesicles as the "magic bullet" for fighting threats to humanity

Extracell Vesicles Circ Nucl Acids. 2021 Sep 18;2(3):224-227. doi: 10.20517/evcna.2021.14. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Takaaki Tamura^{1

2}, Yusuke Yoshioka¹, Takahiro Ochiya¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
² Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.

Abstract

Many researchers worldwide are currently trying to develop targeted molecular therapies such as nucleic acid medicines or antibody-drug conjugates for various diseases. Writing in Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids, Kim et al. summarized existing technologies for encapsulating therapeutic molecules into exosomes and introduced some human cell lines which are able to produce safe, effective therapeutic exosomes. Their review article offers the "magic bullet" for fighting threats to humanity such as the current coronavirus pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Extracellular vesicles; drug delivery system; therapeutic exosomes.