Peering into the cell nucleus (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Peering into the cell nucleus

Caption

Researchers have developed a tool that can bend DNA strands using light. The work represents a new way to probe the genome. Shown here, from an unrelated study, are chromosomes (blue) inside a human cell nucleus.

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Image by Steve Mabon and Tom Misteli, NCI Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

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