查看文章

As science focuses on the finer details of complex processes occurring in biology, the need for tools responsive to researcher control have become critical to communicate with cellular functions in both a spatial and temporal manner. To this end, light responsive “caging groups” have been used to generate molecular constructs with which researchers can activate using directed irradiation to elicit biological responses where and when they want. This advancement in molecular control has greatly improved our ability to study biological systems in their dynamically intricate form.