Waves that Unzip
January 11, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
Boian Alexandrov and colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have made a stunning observation-terahertz waves, which are not powerful enough to break DNA’s chemical bonds, can artificially unzip the molecule as happens naturally during messenger RNA formation. While this could have a harmful effect, it’s also possible that terahertz could be an adjunct to chimeraplasty in gene therapy. MORE