Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics
October 17, 2006
Inside Live Red Blood Cells

Technique reveals inner lives of red blood cells:

For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living cells.

Soon, the researchers hope to extend their view beyond the cell membrane into the cell, to create images of what is happening inside living cells — including how cells communicate with each other and what causes them to become cancerous.

“One of our goals is create 3D tomographic images of the internal structure of a cell,” said Michael Feld, MIT professor of physics and director of the Spectroscopy Lab. “The beauty is that with this technique, you can study dynamical processes in living cells in real time.”

Example of what that will look like: The Inner Life of a Cell - Animation - ok actually that level of detail may still be fairly far away :-)

Related: Red Blood Cell’s Amazing Flexibility - Seeing Cellular Machinery - Cancer cell ‘executioner’ found - Nanospheres Targeting Cancer at MIT - Attaching Biological Cells to Non-Biological Surfaces

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