Light-Activated Communication in Synthetic Tissues (IMAGE)

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Light-Activated Communication in Synthetic Tissues

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Light-activated protein expression inside 3-D-printed synthetic tissues allows fast, directional electrical signaling. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 1, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.J. Booth at University of Oxford in Oxford, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Light-activated communication in synthetic tissues."

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Created by Dr. Michael J. Booth

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