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Goethe University Frankfurt

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In the brain of the transgenic mouse, two nerve cells glow red because they have absorbed membrane vesicles containing functional protein from intestinal bacteria. Blue: nuclei of the other cells in the brain tissue.

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Stefan Momma, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

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