Image Gallery: Soft X-ray tomography of a pancreatic beta cell
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6605
A color-coded, 3D model of a rat pancreatic β cell. This type of cell produces insulin, a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar. Visible are mitochondria (pink), insulin vesicles (yellow), the nucleus (dark blue), and the plasma membrane (teal). This model was created based on soft X-ray tomography (SXT) images.
Source
Carolyn Larabell, University of California, San Francisco.
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