Molecular Nanomachines Can Destroy Tissue or Kill Multicellular Eukaryotes
Richard S. Gunasekera, Thushara Galbadage, Ciceron Ayala‐Orozco, Dongdong Liu, Víctor García‐López, Brian E. Troutman, Josiah J. Tour, Róbert Pál, Sunil Krishnan, Jeffrey D. Cirillo, James M. Tour
Abstract
. Customized MNMs that target specific tissues for therapy combined with spatial and temporal control could have broad clinical applications in a variety of benign and malignant disease states including treatment of cancer, parasites, bacteria, and diseased tissues.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyMulticellular organismCell biologyCaenorhabditis elegansIn vivoCellBiochemistryGeneticsGenePhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchMolecular Communication and NanonetworksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques