Microscopy and imaging

The beautiful world of pathology seen through a gallery of laboratory medicine images.

Automated digital microscopy reduces time to diagnose multidrug-resistant infections

Growth charts track formation of neural connections to identify patients at risk of ADHD

Microscope portability doesn't always mean a compromise in image quality

Macrophages are specialized phagocytic cells of the innate immune system that remove diseased cells and non-self objects from the body

Noninvasive 3D modeling of damaged hearts can predict and prevent future arrhythmias

How immunohistochemical analysis can help navigate the complexities of breast pathology

This series of sculptures by artist Rogan Brown, laser cut from paper and hand mounted into three-dimensional sculptural compositions, is an attempt to depict the diversity and beauty of the vast colony of organisms that live in and on the human body.

A new method uses fluorescent proteins to highlight virus-infected cells and shows which proteins are affected

The image is a colored scanning electron micrograph of a freeze-fractured section through a bundle of myelinated nerve fibres.