Programming Nanomachines with DNA
May 5, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
Arranged into chromosomes, DNA forms from base pairs, held together by weak bonds, to form the now famous “double helix.” But in the laboratory, DNA can be shaped into almost any form, with properties like shape complementarity, that can be structured into nanomachines. The nickname for this is “DNA origami,” and engineers at the Technical University of Munich use changes in temperature and/or pH to manipulate the shapes. MORE
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