Ebola-infected macrophages and tunneling nanotubes (IMAGE)

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Ebola-infected macrophages and tunneling nanotubes

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Fluorescent imaging shows tunneling nanotubes connecting human macrophages (blue) infected with Ebola virus (green). Cell nuclei are shown in red. Notably, the virus is visible at numerous points along the nanotubes. Researchers at Texas Biomed will investigate the role tunneling nanotubes play in Ebola virus spread.

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