Building a Bio-Highway: How Does a Lymphatic Vessel Develop?

Building a Bio-Highway: How Does a Lymphatic Vessel Develop?

Collections: Image Award Winners, Metastasis

2012 Award Winner

Christopher Turner
Hynes Lab

Koch Institute at MIT, MIT Department of Biology

Confocal Micrograph 

Lymphatic vessels (green) carry white-blood-cell-containing fluid called lymph throughout the body.  In cancer, they can also serve as pipelines for the metastatic spread of tumors.  This image is part of an investigation that uses new tools to search for the genes that drive lymphatic growth and development.

Video

Christopher Turner explains how and why he captured this image of lymphatic vessel development.

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