Image of the Month: Neurons in the lab
Mouse neurons in the lab weave a network of connections through which the cells transmit electrical impulses. These cells represent a valuable model in which to
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Image of the Month: Art meets science to show tomogram of neuron-like cell and model of bacterial virus
Dr. Wah Chiu heads the lab of Electron Cryomicroscopy of Biological Nanomachines at Baylor College of Medicine. In Chiu’s lab, science not only resolves microscopic structures
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Image of the Month: C60 fullerene ‘bucky balls’ help deliver pharmacologic agents to cancer cells
Drs. Steven Curley and Stuart Corr in the Electromagnetic Field and Nanomaterials Research Laboratory at Baylor are linking nanoparticles, such as the C60 fullerene bucky
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Image of the Month – Triple immunofluorescence of MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
IMAGE OF THE MONTH: MCF-7 breast cancer cells: Triple immunofluorescence for estrogen receptor (in red), androgen receptor (in green) and glucocorticoid receptor (in blue) demonstrates marked
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Image of the Month: Mouse breast tumor cells
Mouse mammary carcinoma 4T1 cells in pseudo-colored scanning electron micrographs. These mouse breast tumor cells (shown in these pseudo-colored scanning electron micrograph, are used to
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Image of the Month: Organizing DNA
A multi-institutional team spanning Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Stanford University, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has reported the first successful
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Image of the Month — Carbon black nanoparticles at fault in emphysema
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Autopsies on smokers who died with severe emphysema reveal lungs that are black in appearance. These emphysematous lungs strain breathing structures
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Image of the Month – Cell-based trafficking of nanoparticles
Cell-based trafficking of nanoparticles is achieved through in situ uptake and transport of nanoparticles by myeloid cells. Shown here is the cell membrane of a
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Image of the month — DNA unwinds
DNA unwinds from Chromosome 20 at the 20q13 locus. SALL4 plays important roles in hematopoiesis (formation of blood cells) and leukemogenesis (initiating the blood cancer
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Image of the Month: Tunneling NanoTubes and macrophage communication.
Macrophages, gatekeepers of tissue integrity, are able to communicate at a distance through cellular connections coined Tunneling NanoTubes, membrane channels that contain actin and microtubules
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