The applications of DNA testing, or DNA fingerprinting within forensic science is often what most people think of when they hear the phrase. Popularized by television and cinema, using DNA to ...

The first photographic evidence of this shape was obtained in 1952, when scientist Rosalind Franklin used a process called X-ray diffraction to capture images of DNA molecules (Figure 5).

Unlike traditional microscopes that use light or lenses, DNA microscopy creates images by calculating interactions among molecules, providing a new way to visualize genetic material in 3D.

Joshua Weinstein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Engineering at UChicago, has spent more than 12 years developing DNA microscopy, funded in part by the National Institutes of ...