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Pancreatic Cancer Cells

This image shows pancreatic cancer cells (nuclei in blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). By growing cancer cells in the lab, researchers can study factors that promote and prevent the formation of deadly tumors.

 

This image was originally submitted as part of the 2016 NCI Cancer Close Up project and selected for exhibit.

 

See also visualsonline.cancer.gov/closeup2016.

 

Credit:Min Yu (Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC),USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pancreatic Desmoplasia

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Uploaded on May 9, 2016