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Twin-beam optical trapping spins cells

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Lynn M. Savage

Detecting the causes of cancer at its earliest stages would be of great help in fighting the disease. However, the sooner one tries to see the beginnings of tumor development, the less change is visible in a cell’s components and in their arrangement within the protoplasm. Various forms of spectroscopy help identify the proteins and other materials inside a cell and could help researchers uncover the roles that cellular components play in turning a healthy cell into a cancerous one. To do so, spectroscopic techniques must have access to all of the molecules throughout the cell, not...Read full article

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    Published: June 2006
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