History of cells told through MEMOIR
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have developed a new method for reading the history and "family trees" of cells. Called MEMOIR, or Memory by Engineered Mutagenesis with Optical In situ Readout, the technique can record the life history of animal cells—their relationships with other cells, communication patterns, and the influential events that have shaped them.