17.02.2012 - 07:48 [ Harvard University ]

Sending DNA robot to do the job: Technology has potential to seek out cancer cells, cause them to self-destruct

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling cancer cells to self-destruct.