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With Barcoding, a Better Understanding of Life Forms
Because of the very complicated organization of tissues and cells, it’s still not entirely understood how tumors form, for instance, or how different organs emerge in early-stage embryos. To help answer these crucial questions, a team of researchers at Yale have developed a technology that gives a much clearer picture of the spatial relationships in biological systems.
The process, which involves barcoding cells in tissue, was developed in the lab of Rong Fan, professor of biomedical engineering. The results were published Nov. 13 in Cell. The authors include Yale BME postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students in Fan lab and collaborators from Yale School of Medicine including Prof. Stephanie Halene, interim section chief of hematology.
Source: Yale SEAS News
