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Force, not light, provides images of cell receptors
06-13-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)An MIT team has observed and measured the rate at which individual molecules join and separate from receptors on the cell surface by measuring the force generated by these cell surface interactions. The interactions are not visible with traditional light microscopy.
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