Biologists construct self-assembling tiles of DNA
Saturday, June 2, 2012 - 00:20
in Biology & Nature
The advance by Harvard biologists could make it easier and cheaper to build tiny DNA devices capable of delivering drugs or aiding the study of biochemistry, scientists said.Harvard biologists have brought new meaning to the term "fine print" by devising microscopic tiles made of DNA that self-assemble into letters, Chinese characters, emoticons and other shapes.