Freeze-Fracture Scanning Electron Microscopy Image of Melanoma Skin Cancer (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Freeze-Fracture Scanning Electron Microscopy Image of Melanoma Skin Cancer

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A blood vessel (center) provides essential nutrients to a melanoma tumor (left) in this artificially colorized microscopy image. Image DOI: 10.7295W9CIL38960 Researchers at the University of Tokyo studied a cell membrane receptor, LRP1, and an enzyme, tPA, for their roles in metastasis of melanoma in mice.

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