Blinking DNA Barcodes (IMAGE)

Duke University

Blinking DNA Barcodes

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These tiny points of light might look like stars twinkling in the sky. But in reality they're different molecules of light-up DNA, blinking on and off as they bind and unbind under a microscope.

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Shalin Shah, Duke University

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