At Death's Door (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

At Death's Door

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This dying worm linker cell, captured by electron microscopy, has features in common with neurons that expire prematurely due to neurodegenerative disease.

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The Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University/eLife

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