Exploring Exosomes as a Next-Generation Therapeutic and Diagnostic Tool

Abstract

Communication is indispensable for exchange of information in today’s world. Like the 3G and 4G network, which uses data packets to send and receive digital information, cellular communication also acts in a similar manner by exchanging biological materials via similar small Nano-vesicles called exosomes. These exosomes are secreted by almost all types of cells and their content mirror the content of their parent cells. Exosomes are small, 30–100 nm cell-derived vesicles that first captured the attention of biologists about 30 years ago, when it was initial thought to be excreted by cells to remove junk materials [1]. But eventually it is being considered as gold mines to study novel intercellular communication strategies and is also being exploiting as a diagnostics and therapeutic tool.