Blue Light Activates Genes on Demand (6 of 7) (IMAGE)

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Blue Light Activates Genes on Demand (6 of 7)

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Custom-designed LED arrays and LED-coupled optical fibre devices used for blue light-triggered transgene expression in mammalian cells grown in monolayer cultures. This image relates to an article that appeared in the June 24, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Haifeng Ye at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich in Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues was titled, "A Synthetic Optogenetic Transcription Device Enhances Blood-Glucose Homeostasis in Mice."

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