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This Red Light Means ‘Go’ for Medical Discoveries

UVA scientists develop better, redder sensor to advance biological research.

With a little tweak of the color palette, the University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have made it easier for scientists to understand biological processes, track happenings inside individual cells, unravel the mysteries of disease and develop new treatments.   UVA’s Hui-wang Ai, Ph.D., and Shen Zhang, Ph.D., have developed a simple and effective improvement to fluorescent “biosensors” widely used in scientific and medical research. The biosensors detect specific targets inside...

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