Biosingularity has a post on recent work in Science by scientists at the University of Illinois that shows how DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes can be used as in vivo sensors. This is the kind of nanotechnology that, IMHO, should be the focus of government funding, as opposed to molecular manufacturing, which is likely to have a lesser impact in the near term (although, along with biological assembly, does have significant long term potential)
DNA-wrapped CNTs as sensors
Biosingularity has a post on recent work in Science by scientists at the University of Illinois that shows how DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes can be used as in vivo sensors. This is the kind of nanotechnology that, IMHO, should be the focus of government funding, as opposed to molecular manufacturing, which is likely to have a lesser impact in the near term (although, along with biological assembly, does have significant long term potential)
Biosingularity » DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes serve as sensors in living cells
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