I just think this is way awesome

 

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Research News from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

 

Sculpting Cells with Light

With the flick of a laser beam, scientists can now sculpt cells into new
shapes. The power to manipulate cells at will comes courtesy of a new
genetically encoded switch that lets researchers use light to control a
cell's shape and movement. The switch gives biologists exquisite control
over cell behavior, and they can now use brief pulses of laser light to
start and stop cell movement or to restrict movement to specific regions of
a cell. 

Research published September 13, 2009, in the journal Nature. 

 

Wendell A. Lim, Ph.D, HHMI Investigator

 University of California, San Francisco

 

For the full story, go to:  http://www.hhmi.org/news/lim20090913.html 

 

 

 

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