Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials

webfull — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:48:14 +0000

�㽶��Ƶ researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of “soft robotics.”

In a study published in Nature Chemistry, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.

Published: 19 December 2017

Same gene can encode proteins with divergent functions

webfull — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:07:56 +0000

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom

It’s not unusual for siblings to seem more dissimilar than similar: one becoming a florist, for example, another becoming a flutist, and another becoming a physicist.

Published: 11 February 2016

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Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials

Same gene can encode proteins with divergent functions