Engineers Build First-ever Multi-input 'Plug-and-play' Synthetic RNA Device
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 13:28
in Biology & Nature
Engineers have created a "plug-and-play" synthetic RNA device -- a sort of eminently customizable biological computer -- that is capable of taking in and responding to more than one biological or environmental signal at a time. Such devices could have a multitude of potential medical applications, including being used as sensors to sniff out tumor cells or determine when to turn modified genes on or off during cancer therapy.
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