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A near-infrared fluorescent protein opens a window into the mammalian body.

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Figure 1: The 'transparent mouse' experiment.

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  1. Bradley W. Rice is at Caliper Life Sciences, Alameda, California, USA.,

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  2. Christopher H. Contag is in the Departments of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology and Radiology, and in the programs of Photomedicine and Molecular Imaging at Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,

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Rice, B., Contag, C. The importance of being red. Nat Biotechnol 27, 624–625 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0709-624

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