DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart
21 June 2018
A new synthetic enzyme, crafted from DNA rather than protein, ‘flips’ lipid molecules within the cell membrane, triggering a signal pathway that could be harnessed to induce cell death in cancer cells.
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