Date12th, Jun 2020

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing and future biomedical technologies like targeted diagnostics and drug delivery.

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Interwoven Gamma-Modified PNA Oligomers

image: This representation shows gamma-modifications (in white) uniformly decorating the structure, increasing binding strength and providing chemical modification. view more 

Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid (γPNA), a synthetic mimic of DNA. The process has the potential to impact nanomanufacturing as well as future biomedical technologies like targeted diagnostics and drug delivery.

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