Bringing home exosomes

Researchers at the University of California San Diego published the first proof-of-concept data showing Biological Dynamics Inc.'s exosome-on-a-chip platform can isolate the extracellular vesicles and their proteins in under 30 minutes, without damaging them.

Improving exosome isolation methods is considered a key step for developing reliable diagnostics such as liquid biopsies and exosome-based therapeutics. That's because traditional techniques like ultra-centrifugation and liquid chromatography have been challenging to scale up without damaging or contaminating the exosomes, and thus causing data loss. ...