Vesicle Visualization in Breast Cancer Tissue (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Vesicle Visualization in Breast Cancer Tissue

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A constellation of vesicles, tiny cellular transport packages seen here as blue dots, are released by cancer cells into the surrounding tissue. Illinois researchers found that these vesicles, coupled with molecular changes in metabolism, can signal big changes in the tissue around tumors.

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Image courtesy of Stephen Boppart and Haohua Tu

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Credit to Stephen Boppart and Haohua Tu, University of Illinois

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