Study shows click chemistry could provide total chemical DNA synthesis

Monday, February 10, 2014 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

An interdisciplinary study led by Dr Ali Tavassoli, a Reader in chemical biology at the University of Southampton, has shown for the first time that 'click chemistry' can be used to assemble DNA that is functional in human cells, which paves the way for a purely chemical method for gene synthesis.

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