Exicure is pioneering the development of spherical nucleic acid technology as a promising avenue of therapeutic development to strengthen and prolong the body’s natural immune defenses against a ...
Mirkin is the first Northwestern scientist to receive the prestigious award. Mirkin is recognized for his discovery of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), nanostructures comprised of a nanoparticle core ...
Techniques for delivering nucleic acids into mammalian cells have been ... They consist of activated spherical molecules (7 nm in diameter) with positively charged tentacles.