This is astonishing…

Not long ago, the idea of conducting an experiment on a single strand of DNA seemed far beyond the realm of science. But thanks to rapid advances in microscopy in the last decade, researchers can now watch a single gene being transcribed from DNA–one atom at a time–or observe the activity of a protein molecule as it moves inside a living cell.

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