Measuring the true content of extracellular vesicles in blood (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Measuring the true content of extracellular vesicles in blood

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The team’s overall goal was to be able to compare the amounts of α-synuclein protein contained in extracellular vesicles (right side) relative to α-synuclein contained in total plasma (left side). To achieve the former, they innovated an already validated EV-isolation and analysis process with a critical “protein protection assay.” 

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Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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