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ArticleNature biotechnology2026

Lipid nanoparticle screening in nonhuman primates with minimal loss of life.

Ryan Zenhausern, Bora Jang, Elisa Schrader Echeverri, Kara Gentry, Randi Calkins, Elizabeth H Curran, Jennifer S Wood, Rachelle L Stammen, David Loughrey, Prasanthi Chappa and 3 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. New approach methodologies (NAMs) for preclinical and translational evaluation of mRNA-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) therapeutics.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  14. High-Throughput Strategies for Streamlining Lipid Nanoparticle Development Pipeline.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. Microfluidic Device Type Improves Heart mRNA DeliveryLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Ryan ZenhausernWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Bora JangWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Elisa Schrader EcheverriWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Kara GentryWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Randi CalkinsWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Elizabeth H CurranEmory National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jennifer S WoodEmory National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Rachelle L StammenEmory National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
David LoughreyWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Prasanthi ChappaWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Dorothy KovealWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Hyejin KimWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. hyejin.kim2@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7937-2733
James E DahlmanWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. james.dahlman@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-436X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how well delivery in mice predicts delivery in nonhuman primates (NHPs) could make lipid nanoparticle (LNP) discovery more efficient. Yet, few LNP-mRNA drug candidates are tested in NHPs, in part because the experiments require more animals than is considered ethical. Here, to minimize animal use, we create a pool of sterile barcoded LNPs that are frozen, aliquoted and administered when an end-of-life NHP-an animal that is independently scheduled for euthanasia due to spontaneous disease-becomes available. We then administer this pool of 45 LNP-aVHH mRNAs with different chemistries intravenously to mice and NHPs and observe a higher amount of aVHH expression in NHPs than in mice. We characterize systemic physiological responses to LNP treatment using 47 clinically relevant variables and analyze the transcriptomic response alongside delivery in single cells from three tissues in vivo. These data suggest that multiple lipoprotein receptors may be associated with delivery. Altogether, end-of-life NHPs reduce animal use and may be informative preclinical models.

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LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerAnimalsFemaleLiposomesMaleMiceLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID40571690
PMCPMC13180654

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