Contact: Dr. Stefanie Seltmann
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Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Human Vascular System in Mice (2 of 2)

Caption: The three-dimensional analysis of blood vessels formed shows that growth factors such as fibroblast growth factor-2 effectively promote the coating of the newly formed blood vessels (stained green) with smooth muscle cells (stained red). Image was taken with a confocal microscope.

Credit: Professor Hellmut Augustin, Joint Research Division "Vascular Biology" of the Mannheim Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center

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