Healthy and Cancerous Cell Nuclei (IMAGE)

Rice University

Healthy and Cancerous Cell Nuclei

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The green spots in these images are cell nuclei treated with a fluorescent dye. The cells are from the oral cavity of cancer patients. In healthy tissue (top), the nuclei are small and widely spaced. The nuclei of cancer cells (bottom) are abnormally large and close together.

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D. Shin/Rice University

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