This micrograph shows laboratory-grown heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) from a rat injected with fluorescently-labeled mitochondria (red) isolated from the liver of another animal.
Fluorescent labeling was also used to visualize the muscle cells’ cytoskeleton (green) and nuclei (blue).
The researchers found that injection of mitochondria from an unmatched donor in the heart decreases the amount of damage in a model of myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. This project aims to provide a clinically-relevant treatment for humans and is supported by the NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Image by Douglas B. Cowan and James D. McCully.
You post loads of really cool stuff. Where do you get it all from?
ReplyDeleteDaniel Drummond I don't have a main source...depends what catches my eye during the day....after that I research and find content. But I'm interested mostly in neuro/medicine/biology/physics/chemistry/math/tech/nano/photography..and a lil bit of history. Although history is a little boring for me because we can't change it =)
ReplyDeleteI love history. For me it is the most interesting subject.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how much time you spend reading science stuff and you also must filter tons of things out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to do this for us as well!
Much of this content is available on Pubmed, just minus the cool visuals.
ReplyDeleteBren Yoshizaki I rarely use Pubmed as a source for medical posts. I rather search universities news pages. Also there are a lot of medical applications that some can use.
ReplyDeletePubmed can be pretty dry reading....love all the visuals on your posts. Corina Marinescu
ReplyDeleteBeautiful micrograph
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