DNA Nanoarchitects (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

DNA Nanoarchitects

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Lead author Yonggang Ke (left) and Hao Yan (right) are researchers in the fast-moving field known as structural DNA nanotechnology -- that assembles the molecule of life into a variety of nanostructures with a broad range of applications from human health to nanoelectronics. Yan led an interdisciplinary Arizona State University team to develop a way to use structural DNA nanotechnology to target the chemical messengers of genes, called RNA.

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Barb Backes

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