HeLa cells resemble fireworks in this image, one of the finalists in Nikon’s 2010 Small World Photomicrography Competition. The cancer cells are descended from an immortal cell “line” grown from a sample originally taken, without consent, from Henrietta Lacks. More amazing micro-images at the Nikon competition site.
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