NanoResCon2023: A "Nano-Robot" designed to study cell processes and made completely of DNA
Making a tiny robot out of DNA to explore cell processes that are undetectable to the human eye... You could be excused for thinking it is science fiction, but it is actually the focus of significant research being conducted at the Structural Biology Center in Montpellier by researchers from Inserm , CNRS , and Université de Montpellier 1]. This extremely cutting-edge " nano-robot " could make it possible to analyse mechanical forces at microscopic scales in greater detail, which are important for many biological and pathological processes. A recent research in Nature Communications describes it. Micromechanical forces acting on our cells cause biological signals that are crucial to numerous cell processes involved in either the development of diseases or the regular operation of our bodies. For instance, the sensation of touch depends in part on the application of mechanical forces to particular cell receptors (the discovery of which was this year rewarded by the Nobel ...