Modelling the structure and behaviour of vesicles in cells requires liposomes with precise sizes, but producing liposomes with a narrow size distribution is challenging. An approach has now been developed to accurately size-sort liposomes in a scalable way by coating them with customized structures based on DNA nanotechnology.
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Hernández-Ainsa, S. Wrap to sort. Nat. Chem. 13, 301–302 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00673-7
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