title: Liposomes: realizing their promise.
abstract: Thirty years of study have proved that these artificial organelles are versatile tools for learning about the cell membrane. Researchers are now actively investigating their potential for some interesting practical uses as vehicles for gene transfer, as artificial erythrocyte surrogates, as a lubricant for degenerated joint surfaces, and most imminently as "targeted carriers" of pharmacologic agents.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Unit, Agriculture Research Council Institute of Animal Physiology, Barbraham, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bangham
mesh_terms: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D004337:Drug Carriers; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008081:Liposomes
chemical_list: D001802:Blood Substitutes; D004337:Drug Carriers; D008081:Liposomes