Microvesicles are found in abundance within rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids and yet their function has been a mystery. Whether they could interact with the cartilage was unknown. What’s new?

Microvesicles are basically miniature copies of cells. But, unlike stem cells, they are not oncogenic and can be a safe treatment medium," she says.

Microvesicles, as confirmed by Lee et al (2011) are considered as mediators of intercellular communication since they can merge with, and transfer a repertoire of bioactive molecular content (cargo) ...

Microvesicles are membrane-bound sacs released by tumor cells and can be detected in the body fluids of cancer patients. Skip to main content. Your source for the latest research news.

Jumping genes: Tumor microvesicles reveal detailed genetic information Date: February 14, 2011 Source: Massachusetts General Hospital Summary: The same research team that first discovered tumor ...

Microvesicles could not only offer more effective drug delivery but would actually provide a safer alternative to chemotherapy, since researchers would be able to target the treatment to cancer cells ...

image: Revolutionary copper-infused microvesicles: a new era in biofunctional medicine. view more . Credit: ZS HAiDAR/BioMAT’X I+D+I LABs, Santiago de Chile.

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team that first discovered tumor-associated RNA in tiny membrane-enclosed sacs released into the bloodstream by cancer cells has now found that ...

The extracellular microvesicles contain molecules from inside the tumor cell, including microRNA that triggers protein production. Those microvesicles can also move into circulation. New research has ...

Lee T H, D’Asti E, Magnus N, Al-Nedawi K, Meehan B and Rak J (2011) Microvesicles as mediators of intercellular communication in cancer—the emerging science of cellular ‘debris’, Semin ...