This neuronal stem cell culture shows a rainbow of differentiation, with fluorescent tags that separate stem cells (orange/yellow) from their neuronal "offspring" (blue/green/purple).
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The single-celled African trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness swim through the blood stream to evade immune responses.
HeLa cells show off their tube-like, cytoplasmic projections called filopodia, which are thought to play a role in sensing, migration, and cell-cell communication.
Muscles and rows of pigment cells (melanocytes) are visible in this claw from the crustacean amphipode Phronima sp.
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This Chewbacca-like creature is actually the caterpillar stage of a Flannel Moth (Megalopygidae).
The skeleton of this 13-day-old chick embryo has been stained to highlight cartilage (blue) and bone (red).
This electron tomography image shows degenerating neurons from a knockout mouse that develops symptoms similar to human movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.
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