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• Crisscross Nanoseed Detection: Nanotechnology-Powered Infectious Disease Diagnostics
  This nanotech-based diagnostic platform uses a unique nucleation mechanism that assembles a DNA "nanoseed" in the presence of a pathogen-derived biomarker that then is amplified within 15 minutes to create a signal for easy detection. It is highly robust, and cost-effective, and can be adapted to detect a variety of biomarkers.
• DNA Nanotechnology Tools: From Design to Applications
  A suite of diverse, multifunctional DNA nanotechnological tools with unique capabilities and potential for a broad range of clinical and biomedical research areas. Our DNA nanotechnology devices were engineered to overcome specific bottlenecks in the development of new therapies and diagnostics, and to help further our understanding of molecular structures.

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  Building protection against infectious diseases with nanostructured vaccines
  March 11, 2026
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  Anastasia Ershova on Designing and Building with RNA and DNA
  July 29, 2025
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  DNA nanostructures grow up to become micron-scale megastructures
  December 21, 2022

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  Seed-dependent crisscross DNA-origami slats
  This animation explains how the newly invented crisscross origami method can be used to build functionalized micron-scale DNA megastructures composed of many unique DNA origami “slats,” each with their own complexity and interactive properties. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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  Primer Exchange Reaction
  In this video, Jocelyn Kishi illustrates how Primer Exchange Reaction (PER) cascades work to autonomously create programmable long single-stranded DNA molecules. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University.