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Gene Therapy|Intermediate3 min
How LNP Delivery Works
Watch a lipid nanoparticle carry mRNA into a cell — the same technology behind COVID vaccines and Intellia's breakthrough CRISPR therapy, explained visually.
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What You'll Learn
- 1Why lipid nanoparticles replaced viral vectors for some therapies
- 2How ionizable lipids enable endosomal escape (the key trick)
- 3Why LNPs naturally target the liver (and what that enables)
- 4The connection to COVID mRNA vaccines (same delivery technology)
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