#Photosynthesis in🐭#Chondrocyte👹

#Biocamouflage
-Use target cell membrane to encapsulate🍃NanoThylakoid Units & evade cross-species elimination
-Supply ATP+NADPH for days in recipient cells

Intra-articular injection🐭causes no overt #ForeignBodyReaction🥸

Metabolic profiles of Chondrocytes+Thylakoids🤠

Dr. Ruikang Tang, Shunwu Fan & Xianfeng Lin labs Nature 2022
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05499-y

Photosynthetic medicine for #Osteoarthritis

A lay summary👇
Plant-cell machinery for making metabolites transferred to mammalian cells
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03629-0

A plant-derived natural photosynthetic system for improving cell anabolism - Nature

Proof of concept of the viability of a plant-derived photosynthetic system based on nanothylakoid units encapsulated in a chondrocyte membrane to enhance cell anabolism in chondrocytes is demonstrated.

Nature