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Published online 5 October 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011011-2

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Rods barcode reactions

Stripes help chemists shop for molecules.

Scientists may soon be sticking bar-coded metal rods into molecules to see what they do in a crowd1. The rods could help to track the functions and interactions of genes, and may aid drug discovery.

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