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Controlled drug release by a nanorobot

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A tiny, locked box made of DNA opens up to release drug molecules in the presence of target cells.

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Figure 1: DNA nanobot for targeted drug delivery.

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  1. Jinglin Fu and Hao Yan are in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,

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Fu, J., Yan, H. Controlled drug release by a nanorobot. Nat Biotechnol 30, 407–408 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2206

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