Definition of "aptamers" [aptamers]

• Plural form of aptamer. (noun)

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• "The technique produces short segments fo DNA and RNA called aptamers, in a process that mimics the natural phenomena of evolution and survival of the fittest."
• "Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have devised a way they might deliver the right therapy directly to tumors using special molecules, called aptamers, which specifically bind to living tumor tissue."
• "PCR is used to evolve aptamers, RNA molecules that bind to a given target."