Glowing jellyfish aid cancer research

by John on April 28, 2009

The latest episode of the Science and the Sea podcast explains how a protein that gives a certain species of jellyfish a faint glow is useful in research into cancer and other diseases.

A glowing jellyfish. Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/File:Aequorea4.jpg

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