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Published online 6 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030929-12
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Lasers operate inside single cells
Nanosurgery vaporizes cellular components leaving rest intact.
Withpulses of intense laser light a millionth of a billionth of a second long, US researchers are vaporizing tiny structures inside living cells without killing them. The technique could help probe how cells work, and perform super-precise surgery.
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