Researchers Visualize Mouse Dental Stem Cells in Rainbow Colors (IMAGE)

University of California - San Francisco

Researchers Visualize Mouse Dental Stem Cells in Rainbow Colors

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This image shows the 'cervical loop', the zone at the back of the mouse incisor where dental stem cells live and generate new tooth tissue. Klein and his lab caused cells to randomly produce different-colored fluorescent proteins to make it easier to tell neighboring cells apart as the researchers tracked the process of regeneration under the microscope.

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Klein Lab / UCSF

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