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Published online 7 October 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1157
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Nanotech comes alive
Viruses and bacteria act as factories for nanostructures.
Molecular nanostructures — the basic architectural elements of nanotechnology — have been replicated in bacterial cells.
The research proves that nature's cellular machinery can be commandeered to mass-produce complex structures and devices for molecular-scale engineering.
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