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Simplification of expansion microscopy makes it broadly accessible and compatible with other approaches.

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Figure 1: Principle of expansion microscopy.

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Geertsema, H., Ewers, H. Expansion microscopy passes its first test. Nat Methods 13, 481–482 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3872

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