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A glow-in-the-dark protein called luciferase improves medical diagnostics The study and commercialization of a firefly’s famous ability to illuminate, called bioluminescence, is helping us explore biology and medicine in new and fascinating ways

Posted on March 17, 2020April 7, 2021 by Justin Dingman 7k views

A smaller version of the enzyme that allows fireflies and jellyfish to glow naturally is now being used in medical diagnostics.