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"DNA Origami" Could Allow For Controlled Drug Delivery

Posted by timothy on from the biotech-ransom-possibilities dept.

esinclair writes "As reported in Nature News, researchers have designed a method which allows DNA strands to be formed into cubes and other designs by oligonucleotides. The uses of this DNA origami are still being developed. One possibility for them is to be used as a drug-delivery system. The fact that scientists have also come up with a method to lock these structures and use 'keys' to unlock them would conceivably allow for a controlled delivery system."

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  1. Expect DRM to come soon! by freaker_TuC · · Score: 4, Funny

    DNA Rights Management... Write your MEP's now!

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  2. Doh, just the abstract by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sigh.

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  3. Blah blah blah. by Mr.+Conrad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can they make a crane or not?