Producing large quantities of designer DNA nanostructures at low cost has been a long-standing challenge in nanobiotechnology. It is now possible with the aid of bacteria.
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Zhang, C., Mao, C. Bacteria as factories. Nature Nanotech 3, 707–708 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.358
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