This is a beautiful image of human brain cells, which can now be grown from adult skin cells.
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Yichen Shi:
"Brain neural stem cells derived from human skin cells: these stem cells express typical marker genes of brain neocortical stem cells, such as Pax6 (Red fluorescent labeled), and form a rosette structure resembling the transection of the neural tube."
The entire image is about 250 μm across (a really thick bit of human hair).
More info:
cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-cells-created-from-patients-skin-cells/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenesis
Picture taken by Yichen Shi in the Livesey Lab
gurdon.cam.ac.uk/~liveseylab/fjlhome/index.html
Voice over by Fred Lewsey.
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