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Sometimes less is more: Messier nanoparticles may actually deliver drugs more effectively than tightly packed ones

  • February 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Sometimes less is more: Messier nanoparticles may actually deliver drugs more effectively than tightly packed ones
The tiny fatty capsules that deliver COVID-19 mRNA vaccines into billions of arms may work better when they're a little disorganized. That's the surprising finding from researchers who developed a new way to examine these drug-delivery vehicles one particle at a time—revealing that cramming in more medicine doesn't always mean better results.

Originally published at Phys.org

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