Technology Spotlight: DNA Nanobots Find and Destroy Cancer

Researchers in cancer treatment have made recent breakthroughs with a new technology that entails creating DNA Origami — DNA bots folded into specific shapes designed to search and destroy cancer cells. 

Initial testing in mice affected with human cancer cells is promising, and applications beyond cancer therapy are already being developed. 

Details of the science behind this nanotechnology breakthrough are featured in this week’s Technology Spotlight.

Excerpt from Science World with DrB