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Image: Graphic of a semi-sphere with a jagged edge trapping a virus; Copyright: Elena-Marie Willner, DietzLab/TUM

Hollow nano-objects made of DNA could trap viruses

28/07/2021

To date, there are no effective antidotes against most virus infections. An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed a new approach: they engulf and neutralize viruses with nano-capsules tailored from genetic material using the DNA origami method.

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