The length of the DNA hairpin stems was varied by adding or removing base pairs from a well-characterized 6-bp hairpin 10. Unless otherwise noted, the hairpin loops were composed of 4dT, ...

Oncolytic Hairpin DNA Pair: Selective Cytotoxic Inducer through MicroRNA-Triggered DNA Self-Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08974; ...

Hairpin-Shaped, Cancer-Curing DNA. The research team produced a pair of hairpin-shaped, cancer-curing DNA molecules using chemical synthesis. The microRNA (miRNA) molecules that are overproduced ...

(BOSTON) -- Synthetic biologists and nanobiologists are re-purposing DNA, the hereditary material present in nearly all the body's cells, as a smart and stable self-assembling material to build ...

CRISPR breakthrough uses "hairpin lock" for more precise genetic engineering By Michael Irving. April 16 ... CRISPR is a type of DNA sequence that bacteria use to defend themselves from viruses.

DNA origami exploits the base pairing of DNA’s four nucleotides, A, T, ... “When we activate this system (with an initiator DNA molecule), a DNA hairpin structure immobilized on the origami substrate ...

North Carolina State University. (2013, June 10). Hairpin turn: Micro-RNA plays role in wood formation. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 06 ...

Study in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology says this structure enables replication stalling. Scientists at Tufts University have found that one particular DNA repeat not only stalls a cell ...

Dec 21, 2022: Artificial DNA kills cancer (Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Tokyo have used artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells in a completely new way.The method was ...

image: Oncolytic DNA hairpin pairs (oHPs) are introduced to the cancer cell. When the oHPs encounter the tumor-causing overexpressed microRNA (miRNA), they unravel to connect with the miRNA and ...