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Published online 29 April 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040426-12
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Could nanomachines be tomorrow's doctors?
DNA computer diagnoses disease and dispenses drug.
Scientists have built a tiny biological computer that might be able to diagnose and treat certain types of cancer. The device, which only works in a test-tube, is years from clinical application.
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