Better tools, new problems
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Better tools, new problems
T echnological advances have almost always led to accelerated progress in the life sciences. The invention of the light microscope paved the way for the discovery of cells as the building blocks of life, and bacteria as the causes of many infectious diseases. The electron microscope allowed biologists to peer into cells themselves and directly observe viruses. The unravelling of the structure o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EMBO reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1469-221X,1469-3178
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201541061