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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 5, 667-672 (August 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrm1439
Timeline: Cell motility under the microscope: Vorsprung durch Technik
Graham A. Dunn1 & Gareth E. Jones1 About the authors
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Abstract
The fashion today is to disparage technology-led research but our view is that cell biologists, in particular, should be proud of their 'progress through technology'. The 'cell theory' itself, arguably the oldest cornerstone in the theoretical foundations of biology, emerged because Hooke, van Leeuwenhoek and others had, more than a century earlier, pioneered the enabling technology — the microscope. We develop this theme with reference to our own field of research: the locomotion of cultured tissue cells.
Author affiliations
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Graham A. Dunn and Gareth E. Jones are at The Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Email: graham.a.dunn@kcl.ac.uk
Email: gareth.jones@kcl.ac.uk
