Technology update
Jan 30, 2007
Nanodots for functional protein arrays
Researchers in the UK and Japan may have found a new way to make high-density arrays made from proteins using self-assembly techniques. The breakthrough, made by a team at the University of Oxford together with co-workers at the NTT Corporation in Atsugi, overcomes the problems associated with conventional "top-down" lithographic techniques, which often stop the proteins in the arrays from functioning. The approach could open the way for low-cost, high-density nanoarrays for use in proteomics and drug discovery.
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