Liquid Pressure Enhances Single-DNA Imaging

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Stretching DNA

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Uncurling a single DNA molecule and gluing it down helps sharpen images

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Using advanced imaging techniques and precise microfluidics control to stretch out curly DNA into a straight line, new research demonstrates techniques for stretching and immobilizing DNA with minimum thermal fluctuation to enable detailed analysis.

Team at Nagoya University experimented with ways to uncurl a DNA molecule using pressure applied to liquid flowing in a channel, with the pressure flow providing shear force.

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