UC-Santa Cruz: Bioluminescent Proteins Made From Scratch Enable Non-Invasive, Multi-Functional Biological Imaging
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024
SANTA CRUZ, California, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
By Emily Cerf
Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and some jellyfish glow. Scientists have long been interested in borrowing the secrets of these animals' light-producing genes to create similar effects in vertebrates, for a variety of biomedical applications.
By Emily Cerf
Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and some jellyfish glow. Scientists have long been interested in borrowing the secrets of these animals' light-producing genes to create similar effects in vertebrates, for a variety of biomedical applications.