DNA NANOBOTS BUILD THEMSELVES – HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GROW THE RIGHT WAY?

DNA NANOBOTS BUILD THEMSELVES – HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GROW THE RIGHT WAY?

Self-assembling nanorobots may sound like science fiction, but new research in DNA nanotechnology has brought them a step closer to reality. Future nanobot use cases won’t just play out on the tiny scale but include larger applications in the health and medical field, such as wound healing and unclogging of arteries.

Researchers from the Imaging CoE UNSW Node, with colleagues in the UK, have published a new design theory in ACS Nano on how to control the length of self-assembling nanobots in the absence of a mould, or template.

“Traditionally we build structures by manually assembling components into the desired end product. That works quite well and easily if the parts are large, but as you go smaller and smaller, it becomes harder to do this,” says lead author Dr Lawrence Lee of UNSW Medicine’s Single Molecule Science, Imaging CoE Node.

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    • Category: News
    • Date: December 4, 2020
    • Added By: ImagingCoE

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