Is it possible to use an endoscope on a single cell? It is, now that a group of Berkeley researchers have developed a nanowire-based optical probe that can not only produce high-resolution imagery, but can deliver drugs or other therapeutic wares to the interior of a single cell. In addition to imagery and delivery capabilities, the nanoendoscope may eventually be used to stimulate a living cell, electrically or optically.
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