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Patrina A Pellett, Xiaoli Sun, Travis J Gould

    Biomedical Optics Express
    |August 12, 2011
    PubMed
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    This study demonstrates the first two-color Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy in living cells. This breakthrough enables visualization of dynamic nanoscale interactions previously unseen with conventional methods.

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