Nanotweezers to Handle DNA
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Nanotweezers to Handle DNA
Manipulating DNA with tweezers is now possible, using technology developed at a cutting-edge French-Japanese laboratory (LIMMS). The researchers designed silicon nanotweezers capable of grabbing and analyzing cells or molecular fibers. This microscopic instrument has already been used in Lille to test the resistance of DNA to irradiation.
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Mehmet Çagatay Tarhan, CNRS Researcher
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Grégoire Perret, PhD student
LIMMS/CNRS-Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo/Université de Lille 1
Professor Éric Lartigau, SIRIC ONCOLille