Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as important means of cell–cell communication, having the potential to transfer various cargoes – encompassing proteins, nucleic acids, metabolites or even ...

Researchers have discovered how bacterial vesicles hitchhike on thin, hair-like protrusions on the cell surface to quickly ...

Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecules from the cell, like proteins, RNA, and bits of DNA. Scientists have now found ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were once thought to be nothing more than cellular debris, but research has previously found that they play a role in mediating intercellular communication. Now, a team of ...

It's no secret that we need new ways to treat and detect disease, including cancer. Specifically, we need better biomarkers ...

Biophysicists have designed a new cell-like transport system that represents an important milestone on the road to artificial cells. Creating artificial cells with life-like characteristics out of a ...

The Second World Congress on Targeting Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) is scheduled for 15–16 October 2025 in Valencia, Spain.

When Ph.D. student Kshitiz Parihar began combing through dozens of research papers on two seemingly different topics—tumor mechanics and extracellular vesicles, tiny packages of proteins and genetic ...

Obesity has long been acknowledged as a risk factor for a wide range of diseases, but a more precise link between obesity and ...

The scientists have managed to maintain vesicles enclosed by a lipid membrane – so-called liposomes – in constant motion on a supporting membrane. This motion is driven by the interaction of the ...