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Published online 24 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030421-6
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Physicists plunder life's tool chest
DNA is both bricks and blueprint - an engineer's dream. John Whitfield speaks to the scientists turning biology into technology.
DNA might be biologists' favourite molecule, but more and more physicists are joining in the fun. They hope to harness the cell's machinery to build individual molecules into electronic circuits, mechanical machines and drug delivery systems.
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