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Discovered during the 1970s by Donald Tomalia, dendrimers possess sites on their exterior surface to which genetic material (e.g., genes or other portions of DNA) can be &#8220;attached.&#8221; Dendrimers bearing such genetic material have been shown to be able to successfully transfer that genetic material into more than thirty types of living animal cells.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymers (i.e., molecules composed of repeating atomic units within the molecule) that repeatedly branch (while &#8220;growing&#8221; due to addition of more atoms in a repeating pattern) until that branching is stopped by the physical constraint of contacting itself (i.e., having formed a complete, hollow sphere). 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Discovered during the 1970s by Donald Tomalia, dendrimers possess sites on their exterior surface to which genetic material (e.g., genes or other portions of DNA) can be &quot;attached.&quot; Dendrimers bearing such genetic material have been shown to be able to successfully transfer that genetic material into more than thirty types of living animal cells.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/dendrimers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dendrimers - Definition of Dendrimers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Polymers (i.e., molecules composed of repeating atomic units within the molecule) that repeatedly branch (while &quot;growing&quot; due to addition of more atoms in a repeating pattern) until that branching is stopped by the physical constraint of contacting itself (i.e., having formed a complete, hollow sphere). 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