/channels/news_feeds/all/term/structural%20biology/rss en /channels/channels/news/dna-cages-may-aid-drug-delivery-230159 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Nanoscale ā€œcagesā€ made from strands of DNA can encapsulate small-molecule drugs and release them in response to a specific stimulus, Ćå±±Ēæ¼é researchers report in a new study.Ā </p> <p>The research, published online Sept. 1 in Nature Chemistry, marks a step toward the use of biological nanostructures to deliver drugs to diseased cells in patients. The findings could also open up new possibilities for designing DNA-based nanomaterials.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/edwardson_sleiman_dnacages.png?itok=lNmDHkW2" width="160" height="82" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2013</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:49:15 +0000 webfull 98288 at /channels