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Image of a Pancreas from a Mouse with Type-1 Diabetes

Caption: Near-infrared optical projection tomography enables the visualization of several cell types in large preparations. The image of a pancreas from a mouse with type-1 diabetes shows the insulin-producing islets of Langerhans in blue, blood vessels in red, and infiltrating autoimmune cells that break down the insulin-producing cells in green.

Credit: 1Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University

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