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A deconvolved wide-field fluorescence microscope image of human HeLa cancer cells undergoing mitosis - various stages shown - bottom left, metaphase; top anaphase; bottom right telophase and far right early interphase. The chromosomes show up white with a DAPI stain. The cytoskeleton/spindle microtubules are blue/purple. The red is Aurora B, a protein kinase involved in the polymerisation/depolymerisation of microtubules during mitosis.

Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Human cell showing the nucleus in red and the tubulin component of the cytoskeleton in green. The blue staining is a single cytoplasmic protein.

Human cell showing nucleus and tubulin

Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering [1755 - 1830], physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye.

Illustration showing an artists interpretation of a Cervical cancer cell, the image was drawn from an electron micrograph of the structure. Cervical cancer forms in tissues of the cervix (the organ connecting the uterus and vagina). It is usually a slow-growing cancer that may not have symptoms but is normally detected with regular Pap tests ( otherwise known as cervical smear - a procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix and looked at under a microscope for any cellular changes). Cervical cancer is almost always caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

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Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Lung cancer cells.

Human cell showing nucleus and tubulin

Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering [1755 - 1830], physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye.

Cervical Cancer

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Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Lung cancer cells.

Human cell showing nucleus and tubulin

Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering [1755 - 1830], physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor, who discovered the macula in the retina of the human eye.

Cervical Cancer

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