Breast cancer cell spheroid treated with doxorubicin, SEM

  • Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, David McCarthy & Izzat Suffian
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Breast cancer cell spheroid treated with doxorubicin, SEM. Khuloud T. Al-Jamal, David McCarthy & Izzat Suffian. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a breast tumour spheroid (cluster of cells). The spheroid has been treated with the anti-cancer drug doxorubicin. This is causing some of the cells to die (coloured yellow) through a process known as programmed cell death, or apoptosis, which is where cells effectively commit suicide in a controlled, predictable way. Healthy cells are coloured pink/violet. Diameter of the spheroid is approximately 250 micrometres.

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