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University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Quantum Dots

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Quantum dots illuminate the locations of individual mRNA as red dots in the cytoplasm of a single HeLa cell. The blue region is the nucleus. This work was a collaborative effort between Illinois Bioengineering and Mayo Clinic researchers.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Bioengineering

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