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Reopen and regenerate: Exosome-coated stent heals vascular injury, repairs damaged tissue
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Reopen and regenerate: Exosome-coated stent heals vascular injury, repairs damaged tissue

by Tracey Peake,  North Carolina State University Exosomes (magenta) released from a stent in the blood vessel. Credit: Cheng Lab Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an exosome-coated stent with a “smart-release” trigger that could both prevent reopened blood vessels from narrowing and deliver regenerative stem cell-derived therapy to blood-starved, or ischemic, tissue. Angioplasty—a procedure...