RNA nanostructures, atomic force microscopy (AFM) image. These hexameric ribonucleic acid (RNA) nanostructures have been built using a tiny machine ca

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RNA nanostructures, atomic force microscopy (AFM) image. These hexameric ribonucleic acid (RNA) nanostructures have been built using a tiny machine called the phi29 DNA-packaging nanomotor. The nanomotor (modeled after a natural virus that infects bacteria) successfully attached six triangle-shaped structures to each RNA molecule. These nanostructures are being studied for use in nanomedicine to develop structures of specific sizes and shapes to deliver drugs to cancer cells. This image was created in 2015, as part of research carried out at the University of Kentucky, USA.

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