Mitotic Spindle Cut With Laser (VIDEO)

Harvard University

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A pulse from the femtosecond laser slices through the mitotic spindle, causing the damaged microtubules to depolymerize. Meanwhile, undamaged and newly nucleated microtubules continue growing and soon fill the gap.

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Jan Brugués, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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