{"id":191290,"date":"2024-06-16T06:22:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/self-assembling-and-disassembling-swarm-molecular-robots-via-dna-molecular-controller"},"modified":"2024-06-16T06:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T11:22:37","slug":"self-assembling-and-disassembling-swarm-molecular-robots-via-dna-molecular-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/self-assembling-and-disassembling-swarm-molecular-robots-via-dna-molecular-controller","title":{"rendered":"Self-assembling and disassembling swarm molecular robots via DNA molecular controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/self-assembling-and-disassembling-swarm-molecular-robots-via-dna-molecular-controller2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Tohoku University and Kyoto University have successfully developed a DNA-based molecular controller that autonomously directs the assembly and disassembly of molecular robots. This pioneering technology marks a significant step towards advanced autonomous molecular systems with potential applications in medicine and nanotechnology.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the breakthrough were published in the journal Science Advances (\u201cAutonomous assembly and disassembly of gliding molecular robots regulated by a DNA-based molecular controller\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur newly developed molecular controller, composed of artificially designed DNA molecules and enzymes, coexists with molecular robots and controls them by outputting specific DNA molecules,\u201d points out Shin-ichiro M. Nomura, an associate professor at Tohoku University\u2019s Graduate School of Engineering and co-author of the study. \u201cThis allows the molecular robots to self-assemble and disassemble automatically, without the need for external manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Tohoku University and Kyoto University have successfully developed a DNA-based molecular controller that autonomously directs the assembly and disassembly of molecular robots. This pioneering technology marks a significant step towards advanced autonomous molecular systems with potential applications in medicine and nanotechnology. Details of the breakthrough were published in the journal Science Advances (\u201cAutonomous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-nanotechnology","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}