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NIST publishes a beginner’s guide to DNA origami – EurekAlert
Jacob Majikes and Alex Liddle, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who have studied DNA origami for years, have compiled the…
IMAGE: Collage shows some of the techniques and designs employed in DNA origami.
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Credit: K. Dill/NIST
In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers. Pioneered at the California Institute of Technology in 2006, DNA origami has attracted hundreds of new researchers over the past decade, eager to build receptacles and sensors that could…
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