Membrane-targeted nanotherapy with hybrid liposomes for tumor cells leading to apoptosis.

Hybrid liposomes are nanosized liposomal particles and can be prepared by sonication of vesicular and micellar molecules in a buffer solution. In this study, we obtained the first successful experiment resulting in a good correlation between inhibitory effects of hybrid liposomes on the growth of various tumor cells and the membrane fluidity of tumor cells (plasma membranes). The results indicated that hybrid liposomes could provide the possibility of novel membrane-targeted nanotherapy for intractable cancers.