Nanodevices blend in with the human body's immune system - Foundation for smart DNA nanorobts

04/23/2014 - 00:00

By Dan Ferber -

It's a familiar trope in science fiction: In enemy territory, activate your cloaking device. And real-world viruses use similar tactics to make themselves invisible to the immune system. Now scientists at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have mimicked these viral tactics to build the first DNA nanodevices that survive the body's immune defenses.

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