World’s first light technology to control proteins in living cells

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

The world’s first technology to control specific protein functions in living cells by using lights has been developed, which may be useful in future cancer cell research. The research group has found that this technology allows scientists to inactivate critical biological phenomena, including cell migration and cell division, by using only lights, and without the assistance of chemical drug treatments or genetic modification.

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