Micrographs of B, T and X Lymphocytes (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Micrographs of B, T and X Lymphocytes

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Colorized scanning electron micrographs of a B and T lymphocyte shown with a fluorescent microscopy image of the previously unseen "X lymphocyte," which is a hybrid of the other two immune cells.

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B and T cell images from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; X cell image from Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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