
The Power of Spheres
DNA or RNA molecules, arranged into spherical shapes, can attack brain cancers and other illnesses that evade conventional drug design
Chad A. Mirkin is director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and holds professorships in chemistry, chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering, materials science and medicine at Northwestern University. He is a founder of Exicure, a company developing spherical nucleic acids for use as drugs.
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