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Contact: Betsy Nisbet
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734-647-5586
University of Michigan Health System
Caption: Rod photoreceptors disassociated from mouse retina expressing green fluorescent protein. Scientists use an NRL gene regulatory element to tag photoreceptor rods and prepare them for transplantation. Amacrine cells in the inner retina are shown in red.
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