New tool to detect protein-protein interactions could lead to promising avenues for gene therapy and other treatments

Credit: Schematic representations of nanopore experimental configurations displaying translocation, or migration, of proteins through an approximately 17 nm nanopore. (A) Translocation of heparin. (B) Translocation of FGF-1, and (C) a mixture of heparin and FGF-1

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