DNA nanorobot detects viruses and blocks infections in 30 minutes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIC) - 27-Nov-2024The device mimics a human hand, using flexible DNA strands with aptamers
Previously the Live Forever Club – now more focused on campaigning for radical life extension in the UK
Science writer at Illinois News Bureau
Touchstone covers biomedical sciences for the News Bureau.
She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Northwestern, St. Paul and a master's degree in life sciences communication from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She worked as a science writer for the College of Engineering at UW-Madison before joining the News Bureau in 2010, covering physical sciences and engineering.
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The device mimics a human hand, using flexible DNA strands with aptamers
Able to recover from induced surgical ischameia in hind legs of mice