DNA: Not Just for Life Anymore!

Our DNA stores the information that makes us who we are, but that's not all it can do! There are applications for DNA that go way beyond its use for life, like storing data and folding it into complicated shapes.

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Sources:
Biological computers
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dna-data-storage-is-closer-than-you-think/
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/004485qm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714485/
https://news.mit.edu/2016/programming-language-living-cells-bacteria-0331
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/dna-could-store-all-worlds-data-one-room
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6328/950
https://jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13036-019-0211-2

Aptamers
https://www.basepairbio.com/what-is-an-aptamer
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21720957/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2018.00041/full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704523/
https://www.bausch.com/ecp/our-products/rx-pharmaceuticals/rx-pharmaceuticals/macugen-pegaptanib-sodium-injection
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00167
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730239/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00434/full

DNA origami
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssynbio.0c00235
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543475/
https://www.idtdna.com/pages/education/decoded/article/practical-applications-of-dna-origami
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-020-00009-8
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927796X19300427
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/dna-origami-allows-for-3d-printed-dna-bunnies-to-deliver-medication/
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/02/dialogues-in-research-dna-origami-and-labyrinths
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24963790/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26988942/
https://scitechdaily.com/dna-origami-used-by-mit-engineers-to-identify-vaccine-design-rules/

Nanomanufacturing
https://www.nature.com/articles/natrevmats201768
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/878.full
https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/stanford-scientists-use-dna-assemble-transistor-graphene

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_animation.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_microdots_World_War_II_Mexico_Spain.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aptamer_biotin.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Base_pair_GC.svg
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/135765.php?from=353525
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/242138.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/84649.php?from=285507
https://www.nature.com/articles/micronano201772/figures/5
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA-AuNP0022.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transbauformen.jpg
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/242287.php
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphen.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kohlenstoffnanoroehre_Animation.gif
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_nanostructures.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dnaconformations.png