That's One Small Step for a DNA Robot, One Giant Leap for Mankind (IMAGE)

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That's One Small Step for a DNA Robot, One Giant Leap for Mankind

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Conceptual illustration of a DNA robot sorting two types of cargos. Considerable artistic license has been taken. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 15, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A.J. Thubagere at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "A cargo-sorting DNA robot."

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Ella Maru Studio (www.scientific-illustrations.com)

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