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Cell Death by Necroptosis

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Cell Death by Necroptosis
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (adapted from video published in Samson et al, Nature Communications)
Researchers used lattice light sheet microscopy to visualize cells dying by necroptosis, a form of inflammatory cell death. In this image, purple marks cells with undisrupted cell membranes; yellow shows disrupted cell membranes; blue shows that the cell membrane has broken and marks a degenerating cell nucleus.
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