ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Luminescent markers are an indispensable tool for researchers working with DNA. But the markers are troublesome. Some tend to destroy the function and structure of DNA when inserted. Others emit so little light, that they can barely be detected in the hereditary material. So researchers have been asking for alternative markers. Now a PhD student at Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen has developed a tool in collaboration with researchers at Chalmers Technical University, which could solve both problems: A tool that you might call a molecular gauge.
