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Cells with nuclei in blue, energy factories in green and the actin cytoskeleton in red

The cells shown here are fibroblasts, one of the most common cells in mammalian connective tissue. These particular cells were taken from a mouse. Scientists used them to test the power of a new microscopy technique that offers vivid views of the inside of a cell. The DNA within the nucleus (blue), mitochondria (green) and cellular skeleton (red) is clearly visible.

 

Credit: Dylan Burnette and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health

and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

 

Life Magnified images: www.nigms.nih.gov/education/life-magnified/Pages/7_bottom...

 

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Uploaded on August 18, 2015