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Thank you to Joshua Barney for this enthusiastic article written about Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology Professor, Huiwang Ai who is working on promising breakthroughs in bioluminescence technology.<\/p>\n

To read the article: Newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Hui-wang Ai, PhD, has developed a bioluminescence technique that will let scientists set biological matter aglow much more brightly than what they have been using.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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