'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
The ability to image single biological molecules in a living cell is something that has long eluded researchers. However, a novel technique -- using the structure of diamond -- may well be able to do this and potentially provide a tool for diagnosing, and eventually developing a treatment for, hard-to-cure diseases such as cancer.