Image of the Month: a young uterus
The image shows a cross-section of a uterus from a 3-week-old mouse.
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Image of the Month: Oligodendrocytes
Oligodendrocytes produce and assemble myelin sheaths around nerves in the body to maintain rapid and precise neural communication.
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Image of the Month: E. coli bacteria growing on mini-guts
Infectious microorganisms, including disease-causing E. coli bacteria (pink) shown in the image, cause a third of all deaths world-wide.
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Image of the Month: Cancer cell clusters
Cancer cell clusters are more effective than single cells at spreading cancer in the body, and researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found out why.
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Image of the Month: Locating molecular players in Batten disease
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine discovered how defective protein CLN6 can result in Batten disease.
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Image of the Month: Astrocyte diversity
Astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, have surprised researchers with their unanticipated diversity of shapes and functions. This month, From the Labs’s features
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Image of the Month: Transverse view of the sciatic nerve
Motor and sensory nerves, such as the sciatic nerve, conduct fast electric impulses thanks in part to the insulating myelin sheath formed by Schwann glial
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Image of the Month: Cerebellar Purkinje cells
Purkinje cells are a type of neuron located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain. Purkinje cells are involved in the regulation of movement,
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IMAGE OF THE MONTH: Layers of blood vessels in the retina
The image this month shows the three vascular layers of the retina that are important for normal visual function. Vision begins in the retina,
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Image of the Month: Human breast epithelial cells
Epithelial cells line the lobules (small lobes) and terminal ducts of the breast and carry out the important function of making milk. Cancer scientists, such
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