Pancreatic cancer cells, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). In the early stages of disease, pancreatic cancer often doesn't cause any signs or symptoms which makes early diagnosis very difficult. Pancreatic cancer survival has not shown much improvement in the last 40 years with less than 1% of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer surviving more than 10 years. The two cells at centre are joined by a structure that resembles a midbody so it is highly likely that the cells are in the final stages of cytokinesis. Cytokinesis is the physical process of cell division which divides the parental cell into two daughter cells. At the end of cytokinesis the two daughter cells remain connected by the midbody (thin structure connecting the two cells) for a short time. The midbody is organised by a set of microtubules and its main function is to localize the site of natural detachment (abscission) between the two daughter cells. Magnification: x4500 when printed at 10cm wide | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Anne Weston, EM STP, the Francis Crick Institute |
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