Selective Light-Triggered Release of DNA from Gold Nanorods Switches Blood Clotting On and Off

Blood clotting is a precise cascade engineered to form a clot with temporal and spatial control. Current control of blood clotting is achieved predominantly by anticoagulants and thus inherently one-sided. Here we use a pair of nanorods (NRs) to provide a two-way switch for the blood clotting cascad...

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Main Authors: Cifuentes Rius, Anna (Contributor), Baxamusa, Salmaan H. (Contributor), de Puig Guixe, Helena (Contributor), Flemister, Dorma C. (Contributor), Hamad-Schifferli, Kimberly (Author)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Hamad, Kimberly (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2013-09-30T14:04:34Z.
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