2008 May - NU Physicists Demonstrate Precise Manipulation of DNA-Drug Interactions
Professor Mark Williams and his research team have developed a method of using optical tweezers to better understand how DNA-drug interactions occur. This research, performed primarily by graduate student Thaya Paramanathan, was recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (vol. 130, p. 3752), has the potential to uncover crucial information about DNA binding in order to develop therapies for chronic diseases such as cancer and AIDS.
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