Neuron vs Cancer Cell (IMAGE)

University of Turku

Neuron vs Cancer Cell

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SHANK regulates adhesion and protrusion in very different cell types: cancer cells and neurons. Image taken by Dr Guillaume Jacquemet reveals the distinct morphologies of neurons and cancer cells. On the right: Primary Rat hippocampal neuron stained for actin (green) Dapi (blue) and MAP2 (purple). On the left a bone cancer cell stained for Actin (red) and paxillin (green).

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Turku Centre for Biotechnology

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