Researchers at West Virginia University are now able to observe synthetic DNA at the atomic level, providing insights into potential structural modifications that could augment its scissor-like activity. Gaining further knowledge about these synthetic DNA reactions could potentially be instrumental in discovering new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies in the field of medicine.

In the chemistry world, the findings help answer a 30-year-old question about this specific DNA structure and how scientists can get it to produce a reaction without changing the DNA itself, a process called catalysis.

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[2023.7.30, SciTechDaily, https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-capture-atomic-view-of-synthetic-dna/]