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  • Zebrafish optic chiasm
  • Human blastocyst hatching
  • Zebrafish optic chiasm
  • Chick embryo spinal nerves
  • Fluorescent cranial nerves
  • Antibiotic stained tooth
  • Chick embryo somites & SC
  • Foetal MRI scan
  • Zebrafish eye development
  • Embryonic chick skeleton
  • Zebrafish growth cone
  • Inner surface of ileum
  • embryo wound healing SEM
  • Retina showing rod cells.
  • Cochlea of the inner ear
  • Inner surface of trachea
  • Hair cell of inner ear
  • Cochlea of the inner ear - coloured - green
  • Cochlea of the inner ear - coloured - brown
  • Cochlea of the inner ear - coloured - purple
  • embryo wound healing SEM
  • Surfactant in newborn lung
  • Hair cell of inner ear
  • Aspirin crystals. Aspirin was originally extracted from willow bark but is actually produced in all plants as a defence mechanism in response to damage or attack. Much higher levels are therefore found in less than perfect fruit and vegetables. Aspirin is used to treat pain, reduce fever and to prevent heart disease and cancer. Some people think it should be reclassified as a vitamin.
  • Human colon cancer cells in culture. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in Britain. People are more likely to develop this cancer if they eat a diet high in animal fats.
  • Molecular model of porin, CPK model.
  • Human embryonic stem cell (gold) growing on a layer of supporting cells (fibroblasts). Stem cells are derived from very early embryos and can either be grown to stay in their original state or triggered to form almost any type of human cell. The fibroblasts provide special factors that maintain the stem cells in their original state. The stem cell appears to be grasped by the underlying fibroblast. Stem cell research could lead to cures for many diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and diabetes, where a patient's cells are damaged or absent.
  • Molecular model of porin, ribbon diagram.
  • Molecular model of porin, ribbon diagram.
  • Axons in developing embryo, confocal image