NPR : Fun with DNA

March 16, 2006 | Science | By: Mark VandeWettering

Smiley Faces constructed out of DNAThis is just too cool! Need to make a few million nanoscale smiley faces?

Rothemund has developed a computer program that can analyze a shape, figure out the right folding pattern, and then tell you what DNA staples you need to make that shape.”It’s really easy and fun, actually, to make whatever you want at the nano-scale. You design it in the computer, you order the DNA sequences, they come in the mail, you add a little bit of salt water, you heat it up and cool it down, and then an hour and a half later, it’s ready to look at under the microscope.”

[tags]DNA,Science,NPR[/tags]

Comments

Comment from Theo
Time 3/17/2006 at 2:43 am

Something tells me this isn’t going to have many applications… it’s limited to a single 2D layer, fter all.

re the last post: “Battle not with monsters lest you become one.” etc.