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    Fly cells live

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    If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's a movie worth? For researchers studying cell migration, a "documentary" of fruit fly cells (bright green) traversing an egg chamber could answer longstanding questions about cell movement. Historically, researchers have been unable to watch this cell migration unfold in living ovarian tissue in real time. But by developing a culture medium that allows fly eggs to survive outside their ovarian homes, scientists can observe the nuances of cell migration as it happens. Such details may shed light on how immune cells move to a wound and why cancer cells spread to other sites. See 3594 for still image.
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    SourceDenise Montell, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Date2007-12-07 00:00:00
    Credit LineDenise Montell, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    InvestigatorDenise Montell, GDB
    Record TypeVideo
    Topic Area(s);#Cells;#
    Previous UsesFeatured in the June 20, 2007, issue of Biomedical Beat.
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