In scientific first, researchers visualize naturally occurring mRNA

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110116144443.htm

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In a technique that could eventually shed light on how gene expression influences human disease, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have for the first time ever successfully visualized single molecules of naturally-occurring messenger RNA (mRNA) transcribed in living mammalian cells.