Researchers offer glimpse of rare mutant cells

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MIT engineers used a new imaging technique to pinpoint the locations of mouse pancreatic cells with a specific mutation. The blue dots represent pancreatic cell nuclei and the cells within the yellow cluster express the mutation. Image  Hyuk-Sang Kwo ...
MIT engineers used a new imaging technique to pinpoint the locations of mouse pancreatic cells with a specific mutation. The blue dots represent pancreatic cell nuclei, and the cells within the yellow cluster express the mutation. Image / Hyuk-Sang Kwon

MIT biological engineers have developed a new imaging system that allows them to see cells that have undergone a specific mutation.


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