Trend Technology 6: the body's own vesicles are engineered as drug carriers
Summary
The report's sixth selected technology repurposes exosomes - the membrane-wrapped packets cells use to send proteins, RNA and genetic instructions to one another - as delivery vehicles, since they carry molecular signatures the body reads as its own and can therefore survive circulation and cross barriers that stop synthetic carriers.
Classification
Main topicBio & Health Tech
Secondary topicsWelfare & Health
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizonnot assigned
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 World Economic Forum (in collaboration with Frontiers) page=21;section=6 Exosome drug delivery 2026-06 accessed 2026-07-26
Observed signals 3
Part of issues 1
- IssueNo approved therapy, unsettled dosing units and an unresolved manufacturing bottleneck1 trends · 1 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
Public id: fm-cb3e2a8a76bd