Metal-ion coating improves extracellular vesicles for cancer detection and targeted delivery

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Researchers, including those from the University of Tokyo, found a way to optimize how cells bind to small packages they release called extracellular vesicles. By coating the vesicles with metal ions, they made cells and their corresponding vesicles stick…

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