10.31.10

Plant’s Light Switch

Posted in biology at 3:35 pm by nemo

Plant’s Light Switch Could Be Used to Control CellsScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2010) — Chandra Tucker shines a blue light on yeast and mammalian cells in her Duke University lab and the edges of them start to glow. The effect is the result of a light-activated switch from a plant that has been inserted into the cell.

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