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Confocal microscope image of a portion of a human 5-day embryo illustrating the trophoblastic shell.

The cancer in these cells is driven by the ErbB2 gene.

Scanning electron micrograph of just-divided HeLa cells. Zeiss Merlin HR-SEM.

This image shows an osteosarcoma cell.

A Kupfer cell (macrophage) in the liver imaged by scanning electron microscopy.

Fat cells store and release energy, protect organs and nerve tissues, insulate us from the cold and help us absorb important vitamins.

This image shows inhibitory neurons of the primate hippocampus (center) stained for parvalbumin (green) or calretinin (red), flanked by adjacent sections stained for Nissl (top) or acetylcholinesterase (to show cholinergic innervation, bottom).

A colorized, scanning electron micrograph of a Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the fruit fly.

Micrograph of a region of zebrafish skin where a track of cancer cells has disrupted the epithelium much like a mole burrowing beneath a lawn of grass.

Drug-resistant breast cancer cells surrounded by non-resistant cells.