Gold nanoparticles with slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA’s double helix

Gold nanoparticles with slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA’s double helix, News-Medical.Net, June 21, 2012. New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA’s double helix. This finding has ramifications for gene therapy research and the emerging field of DNA-based electronics. Dr. Anatoli Melechko, materials science and engineering, featured.