Liposome

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

An artificial phospholipid vesicle. Liposomes can be useful for the enclosure of macromolecules such as nucleic acids or after loading with an appropriate drug. They may be used therapeutically to achieve slow release of the drug into circulation. See drug delivery.

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