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Nutritional biochemist Elizabeth Johnson uses high-performance liquid chromatography to measure carotenoids in blood plasma. Carotenoids play a role in the prevention of age-related cataracts. Because carotenoids break down under normal room light, a red light is used for illumination during the test.

Photo by Stephen Ausmus.

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