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DNA Taxi: Photosensitive gold nanoparticles bind and release DNA Despite few successes to date, gene therapy is a highly promising approach for medical therapy in the future. One of the biggest difficulties with this process is finding a suitable transport agent that can carry the nucleic acid being used as a “drug” into the diseased target cell. Killed viruses have been used as "taxis" for these genes, but these often have unexpected health consequences.
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