Top: Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining of the epipharyngeal mucosa. Bottom: Clustered gene expression map obtained from the same tissue section using Visium HD spatial transcriptomics. Credit must ...
Spatial ribonucleic acid (RNA) transcriptomics measures gene expression while preserving each molecule’s coordinates in intact tissue, tying transcripts to histology and local microenvironments.
Conventional transcriptomic techniques have revealed much about gene expression at the population and single-cell level—but they overlook one crucial factor: spatial context. In musculoskeletal ...