Molecular demultiplexer as a terminator automaton

Ilke S Turan1, Gurcan Gunaydin2, Seylan Ayan3

  • 1UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey.

Nature Communications
|February 25, 2018
PubMed
Summary

Researchers developed a molecular logic gate for cancer therapy. This Zn2+-terpyridine-Bodipy conjugate generates singlet oxygen to kill cancer cells, then signals cell death via fluorescence, preventing collateral damage.