MIT chemists design new way to fluorescently label proteins

Since the 1990s, a green fluorescent protein known simply as GFP has revolutionised cell biology. Originally found in a Pacific Northwest jellyfish, GFP allows scientists to visualise proteins inside of cells and track them as they go about their business. Two years ago, biologists who discovered and developed the protein as a laboratory tool won a Nobel Prize for their work...

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