exosome-therapy
Exosome-therapy involves harnessing small extracellular vesicles called exosomes as delivery systems for therapeutic molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and genetic material. In plant science, this approach offers promising avenues for gene delivery, genetic modification, and enhancing stress tolerance without the limitations of traditional plant transformation methods. By leveraging natural cellular communication mechanisms, exosome-based approaches could enable more efficient transfer of beneficial traits, supporting advances in crop improvement and disease management.
PubMed · 2026-03-26
Plant-derived exosomes are tiny particles naturally produced by plants that could revolutionize drug delivery and cancer treatment, offering safer alternatives to human-derived exosomes. They show promising anti-cancer and antioxidant properties with high medication delivery efficiency, though researchers need to refine extraction and purification methods.
Plant-derived exosomes overcome technical limitations of mammalian exosomes and function as effective nanocarriers for diverse medications
PDEs demonstrate anticancer and antioxidant therapeutic properties with high reproducibility in drug loading and delivery
Current isolation and purification techniques for PDEs remain time-consuming, technically challenging, and sometimes present safety risks