Delivering therapeutic payload to specific target cells, thus increasing the efficiency and reducing adverse effects, is considered by many to be the holy grail of medical research. We designed a self-assembled modular platform named ASSET, Anchored Secondary scFv Enabling Targeting, to facilitate the construction of a theoretically unlimited repertoire of targeted carriers. By utilizing a biological approach for conjugation of monoclonal antibodies(mAbs), we were able to overcome the limitations of current methodologies. ASSET is based on a lipoprotein, self-assembles into the membrane of the LNPs and interacts with the mAbs’ Fc domain. With a simple switch of different mAbs, it redirects specific uptake of RNAs by diverse subsets.
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