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Lighting the way to improved biomaterials

Published: 9 August 2021

Researchers from McGill University believe that they have found a way to improve the development of biomaterials that could be instrumental in drug delivery, tissue regeneration, nano-optics and...

A cautionary tale for researchers working on selective drug delivery

Published: 10 May 2019

Many studies indicating that DNA nanostructures can enter cells more readily than simple DNA strands are flawed, according to researchers at McGill University. In a paper published in the American...

Hanadi Sleiman, C.J. Li awarded Killam Research Fellowships

Published: 8 May 2018

McGill chemistry professors Hanadi Sleiman and Chao-Jun Li are among the six recipients of this year’s Killam Research Fellowships. The two-year fellowships, awarded to exceptional researchers...

Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials

Published: 19 December 2017

McGill University researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising...

From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial

Published: 1 March 2016

By Chris Chipello, McGill Newsroom Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?

Building tailor-made DNA nanotubes step by step

Published: 23 February 2015

Researchers at McGill University have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block – a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be...

A better way to build DNA scaffolds

Published: 6 May 2015

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take...

A ‘printing press’ for nanoparticles

Published: 7 January 2016

Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments.

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