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A 3D printer that manufactures new cancer drugs with drag-and-drop DNA
- lutusp 14y agoToday's winner in the international, unlimited misleading headline category. Read the article -- it's not in any way related to a "3D printer".
- rpm4321 14y agoI disagree somewhat. While it's not a traditional 3D printer, it may as well be. It's essentially CAD software for DNA molecules, which automatically outputs self-assembling DNA structures which combine to create the desired formation of molecules. Also, its creators use the word "print" frequently: “We can now ‘print,’ molecule by molecule, exactly the compound that we want,” says Steven Armentrout, the principal investigator on the NSF grants and co-developer of Parabon’s technology. I submitted another article on this a few days ago that has more details: http://www.kurzweilai.net/automated-drug-design-using-synthetic-dna-self-assembly http://www.kurzweilai.net/automated-drug-design-using-synthe...