T-cells are an important component of our immune system: with the receptors they carry on their surface, they can recognize highly specific antigens. Upon detection of an intruder, an immune response is triggered. It is still ...
Biotechnology
Feb 1, 2021
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The quest for ever-smaller electronic components led an international group of researchers to explore using molecular building blocks to create them. DNA is able to self-assemble into arbitrary structures, but the challenge ...
Nanophysics
Jan 19, 2021
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In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3-D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers. Pioneered at the California ...
Biotechnology
Jan 9, 2021
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A new and quicker method of diagnosing diseases in patients has been created by researchers at the University of Leeds.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 2, 2020
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The ancient Japanese art of paper folding, known as origami, can be used to create mechanical, binary switches.
General Physics
Aug 25, 2020
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DNA is not only the blueprint of life, it has become the backbone for making tiny structures that can be inserted into the human body to diagnose and treat disease. In particular, researchers are setting their sights on a ...
Biochemistry
Aug 19, 2020
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Life on Earth developed from inanimate components. Can we recreate this process in the laboratory, and what tools do we need for this? Using DNA origami, the art of folding at a scale of just a few millionths of a millimetre, ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2020
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3-D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to building a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2-D planar counterparts. Recently, ...
Nanomaterials
May 27, 2020
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Scientists have designed and synthesized chains of molecules with a precise sequence and length to efficiently protect 3-D DNA nanostructures from structural degradation under a variety of biomedically relevant conditions. ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 9, 2020
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Through a technique known as DNA origami, scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet. Angewandte Chemie published the findings, which provide a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 3, 2020
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