Technological Landscapes
Technological Landscapes: Accelerated Synthetic DNA Replication for Cancer Research
Lexington-based Raindance Technologies provides innovative microdroplet-based solutions that accelerate research and development for human healthcare and industrial markets.
That living forms reproduce themselves is a wonder. That we understand the process of cell replication borders on the incredulous. The first level of understanding began in 1870 when the biochemist Friedrich Miescher discovered that, in addition to protein, there was an acid contained within the nucleus of living cells. In early 1900, this nucleic acid was determined to be DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). This discovery raised the question as to whether-or-not it is the proteins in living cells or the DNA that is the molecule of heredity. It was not until 1944 that DNA was declared the genetic material. In 1952, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin used X-ray diffraction to discover that the DNA structure was in the form of a helix. Then on…
