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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

Advances in nanomaterial-mediated CRISPR/Cas delivery: from lipid nanoparticles to vesicle-derived systems.

Bingning Wang, Jingyuan Lu, Xiaoyi Zhang, Ruoyang Hu, Haowei Ma

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bingning WangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
Jingyuan LuTongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoyi ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States.
Ruoyang HuSargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
Haowei MaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene and genome editing therapies are increasingly connected with nanomaterials, which protect and transport fragile nucleic acids and CRISPR/Cas systems through biological barriers safely and accurately. This review discusses how different nanocarriers, including lipid-based, polymeric, inorganic, and vesicle-derived systems, can improve delivery efficiency, cell targeting, endosomal escape, and intracellular movement for gene and genome editing. It summarizes findings from early clinical and preclinical studies, comparing several carrier types such as ionizable lipid nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, micelles, gold and silica nanostructures, and engineered extracellular vesicles. The review also explains how specific design factors, such as surface ligands, charge modification, PEGylation, and stimulus-responsive behaviors, influence biodistribution, and improve on-target efficiency while lowering immune responses and off-target effects. Ethical and regulatory concerns for

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biocompatibilityCRISPR/Cas deliverygene editingin vivo gene therapylipid nanoparticlesnanocarrierspolymeric nanoparticlestargeted delivery

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PMID41659011
PMCPMC12872781

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