Title:Nanoparticle-based CRISPR/Cas Delivery: An Emerging Tactic for
Cancer Therapy
Volume: 30
Issue: 31
Author(s): Fahima Dilnawaz*Sarbari Acharya*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Centurion University of Technology
and Management, Jatni, Bhubaneswar, 752050, Odisha, India
- Department of Biology, School of Applied
Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, 751024,
Odisha, India
Keywords:
CRISPR, Cas9, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, cancer, gene editing.
Abstract: Genome editing arose as a new promising approach for treating numerous intricate
ailm ents including cancer. Over the past couple of decades, delivery technologies
that have serendipitously been developed using viral vectors are successful to some extent
in protein and nucleic acid delivery but their effectiveness still lags due to their efficiency,
tissue targeting capabilities, and toxicity which must be further improved. With
the infiltration of nanotechnology into every sphere of life, nano-vehicles can be implemented
as an ideal modality that can overcome challenges, also can be introspective as
new genome editing tools for cancer therapy owing to the safety and efficiency in clinical
settings. Such projected substitution can help in developing highly efficacious therapy
regimes which are successful in clinical settings. This emerging approach of incorporation
of genome editors (CRISPR/Cas) in different nano vehicles and their utility in targeting
various aspects of cancer therapy like treatment, diagnostics, modelling has been
comprehensively done in this review.