title: A boost for the emerging field of RNA nanotechnology.
abstract: This Nano Focus article highlights recent advances in RNA nanotechnology as presented at the First International Conference of RNA Nanotechnology and Therapeutics, which took place in Cleveland, OH, USA (October 23-25, 2010) ( http://www.eng.uc.edu/nanomedicine/RNA2010/ ), chaired by Peixuan Guo and co-chaired by David Rueda and Scott Tenenbaum. The conference was the first of its kind to bring together more than 30 invited speakers in the frontier of RNA nanotechnology from France, Sweden, South Korea, China, and throughout the United States to discuss RNA nanotechnology and its applications. It provided a platform for researchers from academia, government, and the pharmaceutical industry to share existing knowledge, vision, technology, and challenges in the field and promoted collaborations among researchers interested in advancing this emerging scientific discipline. The meeting covered a range of topics, including biophysical and single-molecule approaches for characterization of RNA nanostructures; structure studies on RNA nanoparticles by chemical or biochemical approaches, computation, prediction, and modeling of RNA nanoparticle structures; methods for the assembly of RNA nanoparticles; chemistry for RNA synthesis, conjugation, and labeling; and application of RNA nanoparticles in therapeutics. A special invited talk on the well-established principles of DNA nanotechnology was arranged to provide models for RNA nanotechnology. An Administrator from National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer discussed the current nanocancer research directions and future funding opportunities at NCI. As indicated by the feedback received from the invited speakers and the meeting participants, this meeting was extremely successful, exciting, and informative, covering many groundbreaking findings, pioneering ideas, and novel discoveries.
authors: Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.
authors: Girish C
authors: GC
authors: Shukla
authors: Farzin
authors: F
authors: Haque
authors: Yitzhak
authors: Y
authors: Tor
authors: L Marcus
authors: LM
authors: Wilhelmsson
authors: Jean-Jacques
authors: JJ
authors: Toulmé
authors: Hervé
authors: H
authors: Isambert
authors: Peixuan
authors: P
authors: Guo
authors: John J
authors: JJ
authors: Rossi
authors: Scott A
authors: SA
authors: Tenenbaum
authors: Bruce A
authors: BA
authors: Shapiro
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