Nucleic Acid Architectures for Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Devices and Materials Kirill Afonin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Afonin, Kirill, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019

Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) and their chemical analogs have been utilized as building materials due to their biocompatibility and programmability. RNA, which naturally possesses a wide range of different functions, is now being widely investigated for its role as a responsive biomaterial which dynamically reacts to changes in the surrounding environment. It is now evident that artificially designed self-assembling RNAs, that can form programmable nanoparticles and supra-assemblies, will play an increasingly important part in a diverse range of applications, such as macromolecular therapies, drug delivery systems, biosensing, tissue engineering, programmable scaffolds for material organization, logic gates, and soft actuators, to name but a few. The current exciting Special Issue comprises research highlights, short communications, research articles, and reviews that all bring together the leading scientists who are exploring a wide range of the fundamental properties of RNA and DNA nanoassemblies suitable for biomedical applications.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783039212606

3039212605

OCLC:

1163822591

Publisher Number:

10.3390/books978-3-03921-260-6