: an artificial vesicle composed of one or more concentric phospholipid bilayers and used especially to deliver microscopic substances (such as drugs or DNA) to body cells
Recent Examples on the WebIn the three decades since, researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that liposomes can transport DNA repair enzymes into skin cells. Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 2 July 2018 Soon, researchers were using liposomes to smuggle DNA repair enzymes into the skin cells of human test subjects. Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 2 July 2018 This particular bubble has a gas core and is coated with liposomes, or small spherical sacs, containing a drug. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018