Scientists use protein, RNA to make hollow, spherical sacks called vesicles

Davit Potoyan is working with a collaborator at University of Buffalo to use protein and RNA, scientists have created hollow, spherical sacks known as vesicles. Potoyan has the following quote in the article, "Because of the hollow structure resembling lipid vesicles, one may envision a potentially exciting application where protein-RNA vesicles are dispatched into cells for carrying out rescue missions by releasing biomolecules or changing the local subcellular environment," says Davit Potoyan, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry at Iowa State University. "Another reason to be excited is that these vesicles are formed spontaneously from naturally occurring proteins and nucleic acids, which may help to avoid issues of toxicity that might be seen in other polymers designed to mimic lipid vesicles."