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Nano comes to life : how nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology /

"Increasingly, scientists are gaining control over matter at the nanometer scale. Spearheaded by physical scientists operating at the interfaces of physics and biology (such as the author herself), advances in nanoscience and technology are transforming how we think about life and treat human h...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Contera, Sonia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : sciences converge in biology to transform health -- Embracing biology's complexity, at last -- Learning by making : DNA and protein nanotechnology -- Nano in medicine -- Recreating tissues and organs -- Conclusions : life changes everything. 
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