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Markita Landry, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, came up with the idea of using carbon nanotubes to get DNA into plant cells.

Scientists Thread A Nano-Needle To Modify The Genes Of Plants

By: Joe Palca | NPR
Posted on: Monday, March 11, 2019

Getting DNA into plant cells is tricky. Researchers have tried using infectious bacteria, as well as gene guns that shoot gold bullets. Then a physicist came up with a new approach almost by accident.