DNA nanotechnology

In 2006, Paul Rothemund transformed the field of DNA nanotechnology when he unveiled an innovative approach for making shapes and patterns from genetic material.

Seeman is best known for establishing the field of DNA nanotechnology.

Researchers use DNA origami to generate tiny mechanical devices that deliver a drug that cuts off the blood supply to tumors in mice.

Three new strategies for using DNA to generate large, self-assembling shapes create everything from a nanoscale teddy bear to a nanoscale Mona Lisa.

New starring roles for nucleic acids

Meet some of the people featured in the July/August issue of The Scientist.

The versatility of geometric shapes made from the nucleic acid are proving useful in a wide variety of fields from molecular computation to biology to medicine.

Will complex, folded synthetic DNA molecules one day serve as capsules to deliver drugs to cancer cells?

Scientist to Watch Shawn Douglas explains the annual competition he established to introduce students to molecular programming.

Erroneous characterization of nanomaterials can misinform the study of a new medicine’s safety and efficacy.

From bioimaging to drug delivery and therapeutics, nanotechnology is poised to change the way doctors practice medicine.

Researchers construct nanoscale DNA cages that could eventually be used to deliver drugs to target tissues.

Researchers are using DNA to compute, power, and sense.

Using a new assembly method, scientists have combined multiple enzymes in a polymer nanocapsule to reduce blood alcohol levels and liver damage in drunken mice.
 

Researchers design and build nanoscale structures out of Lego-like DNA bricks.

Particle physicists and biologists unite to answer one of the most puzzling questions of the universe: Does dark matter exist?

Dissatisfied with the uncertainty of crystallography, Ned Seeman invented a new way of assembling the molecules that encompass the logic of life.