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A tiny shining hope

Author name: 
Leagh Powell
Affiliation: 
Heriot Watt University
Description: 
Our world is ever searching in hope for new ways to fight disease. Nanomedicine could be a shining light, literally. These tiny medicines 10 million times smaller than you, can be used to treat and locate disease. The image captures fluorescence nanomedicines in action with cells of the immune system.
Equipment used: 
fluorescence microscope Zeiss Axioscope microscope

A tiny shining hope

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