RNA: Possible Building Blocks For Nanomachines.

From: Kadamose (Kada_at_myway.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: 13 Aug 2004 02:25:22 GMT

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040812052109.htm

Quoted from the article: "RNA combines the advantages of both DNA and
proteins and puts them at the nanotechnologist's disposal," Guo said.
"It forms versatile structures that are also easy to produce,
manipulate and engineer."

What's truly interesting about the article is that they address the
'weakness' of RNA - which is that it tends to degrade biologically
over time. They claim that they are working on ways to make the RNA
more resistant to degradation - the main question is, how exactly can
you make RNA more resistant? I'm not saying that it's impossible, I'd
just like to know the technical aspects behind it.