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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A microscopic artificial vesicle consisting of an aqueous core enclosed in phospholipid molecules, used to convey vaccines, drugs, or other substances to target tissues.

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  • noun biochemistry an aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular phospholipid membrane; a lipid vesicle

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  • noun an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector

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Examples

  • Backed by funding from the trust, they isolated the healthy version of the cystic fibrosis gene and coated it in a special fatty chemical known as a liposome.

    Cystic fibrosis cure under threat from £6m cash crisis 2011

  • Backed by funding from the trust, they isolated the healthy version of the cystic fibrosis gene and coated it in a special fatty chemical known as a liposome.

    The Guardian World News Robin McKie 2011

  • Preliminary experiments incubating the HeLa cells with polysilicon chips gave low yields of internalized intracellular chips (ICC) so they used lipofection (encapsulation of materials in a lipid vesicle called a liposome) to obtain higher rates of ICC-containing cells.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • Sood and co-author Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D., professor in UT MD Anderson's Department of Experimental Therapeutics, have developed delivery systems that package siRNA with a fatty ball called a liposome to silence specific genes in cancer cells.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • a method to combine two substances that individually have generated interest for their potential biomedical applications: a phospholipid membrane "bubble" called a liposome and particles of hydrogel, a water-filled network of polymer chains.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • a liposome, which is called a bilipid membrane, that forms a hollow vesicle ....

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • a liposome, which is called a bilipid membrane, that forms a hollow vesicle ....

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • a liposome, which is called a bilipid membrane, that forms a hollow vesicle ....

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • a liposome, which is called a bilipid membrane, that forms a hollow vesicle ....

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • a liposome, which is called a bilipid membrane, that forms a hollow vesicle ....

    ScreenTalk 2009

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