Researchers create 'impossible' nano-sized protein cages with the help of gold
Date | 8th, May 2019 |
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Source | Phys.org - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Researchers from an international collaboration have succeeded in creating a "protein cage"—a nanoscale structure that could be used to deliver drugs to specific places of the body, and which can be readily assembled and disassembled, but also withstands boiling and other extreme conditions. They did this by exploring geometries not found in nature reminiscent of "paradoxical geometries" found in Islamic art.