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Chemistry World June 13, 2011 Laura Howes	Cells turned into living lasers with fluorescent protein With a little help from a fluorescent protein, mammalian cells have been transformed into living lasers. This discovery could help improve imaging of living cells, enabling researchers to explore what's going on inside.
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