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Nanomanipulation of Single RNA Molecules by Optical Tweezers
Published on: August 20, 2014
Conference Scene: Advances in RNA nanotechnology promise to transform medicine
Neocles Leontis1, Blake Sweeney, Farzin Haque
1Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
Abstract:
The second International Conference on RNA Nanotechnology and Therapeutics was held on the 3-5 April in Lexington, (KY, USA). The focus of the conference was on leveraging the unique chemical and biological properties of RNA to promote transformative advances in medicine. The conference convened more than 200 researchers from 15 countries and many disciplines, roughly double the participants of the first conference. While many presentations focused on the design, assembly and characterization of RNA nanoparticles and their uses for in vivo and in vitro sensing, diagnosis and therapy, others covered a variety of relevant areas of RNA biology and chemistry.
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