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Discovered a series of proteins overexpressed on the surface of senescent cells.
Molecularly Imprinted Nanopolymers can be moulded to recognise any protein of a cell.
nanoMIPs were made to recognise an extracellular epitope, B2M.
Able to detect senescent cells in vitro (in the lab) and in vivo (in living mice).
Nanoparticles loaded with a drug were able to specifically target and kill old cells in the lab.
Research lead by Dr Salvador Macip, Associate Professor at the University of Leicester.
The study was published in Nanoscale Horizons.
