Human bone cancer

Dr. Dylan Burnette from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., shows a unique, 63x view of human bone cancer showing the actin filaments (in purple), the mitochondria (in yellow), and DNA (seen in blue).

The image was awarded third place in the 2012 Nikon International Small World Photomicrography Competition.

October 25, 2012 12:37 PM PDT

Photo by: Dr. Dylan Burnette

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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