Microfluidic engineering of pDNA nanogels in a coaxial flow reactor: process development, optimisation, scalability and in vitro performance
Open Access
- 22 October 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Nanoscale Advances
- Vol. 8 (1) , 240-259
Abstract
A scalable microfluidic process enables the production of functional polymeric nanogel gene delivery vectors, demonstrating feasibility for translation from lab to large-scale manufacturing.Keywords
Funding Information
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R513143/1)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/T517793/1)
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