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Scientists are using a new kind of low-energy microscope to develop improved vaccines and drugs. The technology, developed at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Harwell, Oxfordshire, allows researchers to observe processes in living cells for long periods of time without interfering with or damaging them. A team at Imperial College London is using the microscope to develop more effective avian influenza vaccines, while pharmaceutical company UCB hopes to improve cancer drugs by studying ageing cells.