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Scientists at INSERM detail research in life sciences
April 15th, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Exosomes for the treatment of human malignancies,' new data in life sciences. According to recent research from Villejuif, France, "Exosomes are nanometer particles (50-100 nm) secreted by most living cells. The first description of exosomes was made in 1987 by Rose Johnstone, who described a vesicle formation during the maturation process of reticulocytes." "At this time it has been suggested that exosome release could represent a major route for the externalization of obsolete membrane proteins. A renewed vision of exosome function was raised when Gra(gamma)a Raposo demonstrated in 1996 that exosomes derived from B cells could have immunogenic...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-15)
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