With the help of Quyen Nguyen, a surgeon based at UCSD, Dr. Tsien has tested the hairpin dye on mice that had had breast cancer-induced in their bodies.

在加州大学圣地亚哥分校的外科医生阮权的帮助下，钱博士在携带乳腺癌的老鼠身上试验了发夹型分子染色颗粒。

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To make use of the MMPs, Dr. Tsien attaches his fluorescent dye, along with some positive charges, to one side of a small hairpin-shaped protein molecule.

为了利用这种基质金属蛋白酶，钱博士将他的荧光染料和一些正电荷一同连接在一个小的发夹形状的蛋白质分子的一端。

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Tsien said these cells are vital in helping the brain remember events.

提雪说这些细胞帮助大脑记忆，起了关键工作。

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Tsien's version of the protein produces all of its light when hit by a single color.

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"It's like someone's feet in Jersey gangster movies where you're given concrete overshoes, " says GFP researcher Roger Tsien.

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Dr Chalfie and Dr Tsien, of Columbia University and the University of California, San Diego, respectively, made it useful.

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