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Hepatitis B virus core (HBc) particles acquire the capacity to disassemble and reassemble in a controlled manner, allowing entrapment and delivery of drugs and macromolecules to cells. HBc particles are made of 180−240 copies of 21 kDa protein monomers, assembled into 30−34 nm diameter icosahedral particles. In this study, we aimed at formulati