Cinnamomum aromaticum

11 Dec

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“Merry Xmas”

Written in human endothelial cells.

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Tagged Harvard kids work hard. Endothelial Cells Lab Work Science

29 Sep

jtotheizzoe:

genannetics:

A Beautiful time-lapse of HeLa Cell Division

This simple, gorgeous image of a HeLa cell (the cancer cell line commonly used for cell biology) undergoing mitosis is my favorite photograph from the 2012 Wellcome Image Awards. Imagine, every cell that make up you and I undergo the same process.

This composite confocal micrograph uses time-lapse microscopy to show a cancer cell (HeLa) undergoing cell division (mitosis). The DNA is shown in red, and the cell membrane is shown in cyan. The round cell in the centre has a diameter of 20 microns.

By Kuan-Chung Su and Mark Petronczki, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK

Just think: you began as two half-cells that became one, which then divided just like this, next to perfectly every time, until there were ~10 trillion cells in your body. Mighty mitosis.

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Tagged Mitosis HeLa Cervical Cancer Cells Biology Science

10 Sep

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frontal-cortex:

kitkat0120 reblogged your photo: Henrietta Lacks’ “Immortal” Cells

I wish more people knew the story behind these cells and the woman they came from. Such an impact on modern science.

42violethill reblogged your photo: Henrietta Lacks’ “Immortal” Cells

Guys, read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It’s reallllllllly good.

Agreed. I know for a fact we used these cells in school, and I just want to ask every one of my fellow students if they know the story behind them. Because I bet they don’t, and it’s a shame.

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Tagged The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks HeLa Cell Line Science Cervical Cancer Cells Human

06 Sep

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biocanvas:

A 40-times magnified view of an artery from the mammary gland of a rat. Red blood cells (center) can be seen within the arterial walls (center, purple ring).

Image by Eric Bischoff, X-Ceptor Therapeutics.

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Tagged Cells Mammory Rat Science