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U.S. National Science Foundation

DNA

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Researchers have been using DNA, the essential molecule for coding genetic information in biology, as a programmable building block -- a molecular LEGO -- to create sophisticated materials with custom-designed functions.

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Yonggang Ke, Biomedical Engineering Department, Emory University and Georgia Tech

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