Blue-eyed Devil

Image courtesy of Marianne Ariganello, Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University

Confocal microscopy image of human monocyte-derived macrophage (inflammatory cell) cultured onto medical grade polydimethylsiloxane: a polymer widely viewed as being inert in the patient. In this activated cell, the cellular skeleton fibres made of the protein actin are stained with rhodamine phalloidin (red) and the nuclear DNA are stained with DRAQ5 (blue) in this image. Scale bar = 20 microns.

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Feather	Inside Jupiter
Probiotic bacteria	Blue-eyed devil
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Ivory	Garden of Degradation