A growing mouse neural stem cell
A mouse neural stem cell (blue and green) sits in a lab dish, atop a special gel containing a mat of synthetic nanofibers (purple). The cell is growing and sending out spindly appendages, called axons (green), in an attempt to re-establish connections with other nearby nerve cells.
The pictured research is giving hope that one day humans may be able to reverse spinal cord damage.
More information: directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/04/13/snapshots-of-life-healin...
This image was a 2016 FASEB BioArt winner.
Credit: Mark McClendon, Zaida Alvarez Pinto, Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
This image is not owned by the NIH. It is shared with the public under license. If you have a question about using or reproducing this image, please contact the creator listed in the credits. All rights to the work remain with the original creator.
NIH support from: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
A growing mouse neural stem cell
A mouse neural stem cell (blue and green) sits in a lab dish, atop a special gel containing a mat of synthetic nanofibers (purple). The cell is growing and sending out spindly appendages, called axons (green), in an attempt to re-establish connections with other nearby nerve cells.
The pictured research is giving hope that one day humans may be able to reverse spinal cord damage.
More information: directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/04/13/snapshots-of-life-healin...
This image was a 2016 FASEB BioArt winner.
Credit: Mark McClendon, Zaida Alvarez Pinto, Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
This image is not owned by the NIH. It is shared with the public under license. If you have a question about using or reproducing this image, please contact the creator listed in the credits. All rights to the work remain with the original creator.
NIH support from: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering