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Laser-controlled bubbles bring a new approach to gene therapy

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Marie Freebody, [email protected]

Ferrying genetic materials into cells is no easy task. It involves punching tiny holes into living cells without damaging or killing the cell itself or the surrounding tissue. Now, scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have found a way to use a laser in conjunction with nanoparticles to pierce cells more efficiently and in a controlled manner. Researchers have been trying for decades to drive DNA and RNA into cells more effectively, using electric fields and ultrasound, along with various other methods, to open cell membranes. However, such methods have generally suffered from...Read full article

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    Published: November 2010
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
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