Time lapse of leukaemia cells in motion

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Channel: Imperial College London · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Microscopy images of a single leukaemia cell in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Arrows in paused frames indicate a cell that is about to undergo mitosis. 14-hour time-lapse data collected at three-minute intervals (shown at 15 frames per second). Red: leukaemia cells; green: bone-forming cells; blue: blood vessels.

Read the full story: "Leukaemia cell movement gives clues to tackling treatment-resistant disease" http://ow.ly/6qG8305fZWR

Read the research article in Nature: http://ow.ly/2DFN305g0iU

Video courtesy of Edwin Hawkins / Delfim Duarte / Nature

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