When it comes to making shapes out of DNA, the material is there, and its properties are understood. What was missing was a convincing, universal design scheme to allow our capabilities to unfold to the full.
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Smith, L. The manifold faces of DNA. Nature 440, 283–284 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440283a
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