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Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei Nanotechnology may be in its infancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell like never before. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to sneak nano-sized probes inside cell nuclei where they can track life`s fundamental processes, such as DNA repair, for hours on end.“Our work represents the first time a biologist can image long-term phenomena within the nuclei of living cells,” says Fanqing Chen of Berkeley Lab`s Life Sciences Division, who developed the technique with Daniele Gerion of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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