Cervical cancer cells before and after gold drug treatment (IMAGE)

RMIT University

Cervical cancer cells before and after gold drug treatment

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Left: Normal cervical cancer cells with well-formed nuclei in blue and well-organized, elongated actin filaments – which play an essential role in cell survival and division – in green. Right: destabilised cervical cancer cells after gold compound treatment show structural integrity compromised while the nuclei in blue are breaking apart, indicating cell death.  

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