Ever-expanding of nucleic acid nanotechnology

Abstract

Nucleic acid nanotechnology is a field that has only recently come under heavy study. Nadrian Seeman first devised a plan for a type of algorithmic self-assembly nearly 40 years ago, a process that is now nearly taken for granted by many modem-day scientists working with both DNA and RNA. Scientists have discovered methods to shape nucleic acid into synthetic forms and functions with a variety of applications for nanotechnology and even medicine. The Khisamutdinov lab's work here at Ball State continues this process today.