This artistic illustration for the lab of Charlie Jeynes, University of Exeter, UK, shows gold nanoparticles covered with DNA, that are used as probes to measure the length of human telomeres (the tips of chromosomes) and thus getting insight into cell aging.
Publication: Nanoscale Properties of Human Telomeres Measured with a Dual Purpose X-ray Fluorescence and Super Resolution Microscopy Gold Nanoparticle Probe, Charles Jeynes et al.ACS NANO
