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Protein architecture with atomic precision - Researchers have made a key breakthrough in designing and building geometrically defined nanostructures from proteins with unprecedented accuracy. The new approach could open the way to a wide range of protein-based nanomaterials of pre-determined architecture, for applications in areas such as vaccine development and drug delivery. Reference: 1. NP King et al., Science, 2012, 336, 1171, DOI: 10.1126/science.1219364
2. Y-T Lai et al., Science, 2012, 336, 1129, DOI: 10.1126/science.1219351