Nucleic Acid Architectures for Therapeutics Diagnostics Devices and Materials

<p>Nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) and their chemical analogs have been utilized as building materials due to their biocompatibility and programmability. RNA which naturally possesses a wide range of different functions is now being widely investigated for its role as a responsive biomaterial which dynamically reacts to changes in the surrounding environment. It is now evident that artificially designed self-assembling RNAs that can form programmable nanoparticles and supra-assemblies will play an increasingly important part in a diverse range of applications such as macromolecular therapies drug delivery systems biosensing tissue engineering programmable scaffolds for material organization logic gates and soft actuators to name but a few. The current exciting Special Issue comprises research highlights short communications research articles and reviews that all bring together the leading scientists who are exploring a wide range of the fundamental properties of RNA and DNA nanoassemblies suitable for biomedical applications.</p>