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GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature

30 March 2018

Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine
Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

14 September 2017

Micromachine with two feet and two arms could pick up and deliver drugs in the bloodstream or build chemical compounds, one tiny step at a time

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