Using an enzyme called terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, the team strung together long chains of DNA in the presence of ...

An artificial intelligence model predicts how brain immune cells react to RNA and DNA nanoparticles, helping scientists design safer and more effective nucleic acid therapies faster.

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By restructuring a common chemotherapy drug, scientists increased its potency by 20,000 times. In a significant step forward for cancer therapy, researchers at Northwestern University have redesigned ...

Artificial molecular machines can perform human-prescribed tasks at the nanometre scale in a biochemical environment. One considerable challenge, however, is their metabolism. How can they exhibit ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have created microscopic soft robots shaped like flowers that can change shape and behavior in response to their surroundings, just like living ...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine ...

Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures composed of small structures that spontaneously arrange themselves following ...

In the new study, the team designed a new drug from the ground up as a spherical nucleic acid (SNA) — a nanostructure that ...

Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working with nanotechnology and RNA to develop new pest insect control ...