• Multi-day gene activity profiles from the same cells
• Long-term analysis of cell communication in mixed cultures
• Potential applications in organoids and tumor microenvironments

Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them – making it impossible to observe these processes over extended periods of time. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Munich has developed a new method to repeatedly obtain up-to-date genetic information from living cells. In the future, this will enable better monitoring of stem cells for therapies or the effects of drugs within cells.