In devising a new technique involving gold nanorods, biochemical engineer Zhou Nie of Hunan University in China and colleagues were able to control cells with light but without genetic manipulation.

The sizes of the layers are also shown, demonstrating how these minuscule gold specks organize in stages. Read more about the self-assembly of gold nanoparticles ... and biomolecules (e.g., proteins, ...

Department of Clinical Laboratory of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, People’s Republic of China ...