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Normal breast tissue

Another one from Chrstiane's microscope. The big blobs are fat pads while the small blue dots are the nuclei. Milk ducts are bordered by a dense concentration of cells. Areas stained in bright red are expressing CD31, a marker for endothelial cells which is one of the component of blood vessels.

Tomorrow, we'll show you how a breast tumor looks like under the same conditions.

March 10, 2009 | Science | Comments 16x16_su_3d.gif Digg!

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