Ok, so it's in a zebrafish, plus the technical description underneath is way over my head, but it does look stunning - and kind of exhausting, the immune cell darting frantically hither and thither trying to mop up all the blue (dyed) nasties. No wonder immune cells need a lot of energy!
This is an amazing project: a plan to build the Google Maps of the human body, as The Atlantic put it.
MISSION of the HUMAN CELL ATLAS
To create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells—the fundamental units of life—as a basis for both understanding human health and diagnosing...
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