Animators have
created remarkable pictures that resemble an alien landscape from the latest
science fiction blockbuster, but are in fact ultra-realistic representations of
the inside of a human body.
An underwater world? This is an image of kinesin
(yellow, centre), a motor protein that is capable of moving across a cell.
Kinesins are able to 'walk' along micro tubules, filament-like protein
structures within cells that are involved in a variety of cellular processes,
ranging from cell division to transportation of certain chemicals within cells.
Animators have included motion images of the inner ear, bone marrow and the
protective structure inside the gastrointestinal tract amongst other areas. Although the project used real data, the equipment used to produce the
microscopic imagery produces no colour, so illustrators added their own shades,
tints and tones.







This Imagery
resembles an alien bio dome it’s a magnified image of a virus 'blebbing' inside
human body.
In cell biology, a 'bleb' is an irregular bulge in the plasma
membrane of a cell. This often occurs when a cell dies but blebbing also has
important functions in other cellular processes, including cell movement and
cell division Image of a marrow cavity where Hematopoietic stem cells are found
inside human body.
These cells are called 'multipotent stem cells', and are
responsible for the production of all blood cells. Through a process known as
'hematopoiesis' these cells mature into white blood cells (which protect us
from infection), red blood cells (which carry oxygen to the cells in our
bodies), and platelets (which help curb bleeding after injury).
A creature from
another world infact this correct our own. This image is of a microscopic
bacteriophage, a type of virus that infects and replicates within bacteria.
Extra-terrestrial canyons: A computer generated image of Sterocilia, the sensing
organelles of hair cells found in the inner ear. They respond to motion for
various functions, including hearing and balance inside human body. The hair
cells turn the fluid pressure and other stimuli into electrical signals that
travel to the brain where they are interpreted as sound. This image shows the
microscopic process of how how ATP - a form of energy - is produced within
mitochondria inside cells.



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