Lange Nacht der Forschung – 24th May 2024

Some active ingredients are difficult to administer because they do not reach their site of action or are recognized by the body as “foreign”. Extracellular vesicles from natural sources such as those from milk, honey or lemon act as nanotransporters, enabling the exchange and targeted transport of biological information in our body. As a research group, we are investigating the formation of extracellular vesicles in the body, how and where they are transported and how they influence their recipient cell in order to better understand their role in health and disease. At the newly founded  Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Nanovesicular Precision Medicine, our goal is to use this endogenous transport system for therapeutic purposes. We want to transport active ingredients in the body in a targeted manner, bypassing the body’s own defense systems, into the diseased tissues, like a Trojan horse. This innovative approach can be used in cancer therapy, for example. Have we piqued your interest? This is what you can experience with us: Zorbing Ball and experiments on vesicles!