tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post1235526388117788427..comments2024-01-23T13:58:48.688-08:00Comments on The Trenches of Discovery: The invisible made visibleShaun Hotchkisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832423210563130467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post-53551395476454236782012-02-09T06:08:48.801-08:002012-02-09T06:08:48.801-08:00And the green blobs are the cold germs that killed...And the green blobs are the cold germs that killed them?Lingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post-66148327640029794052012-02-08T10:04:29.673-08:002012-02-08T10:04:29.673-08:00It reminds me of the old depictions of Martian tri...It reminds me of the old depictions of Martian tripods from 'War of the Worlds'.James Felcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031758835739415241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post-58395257575925474662012-02-08T06:21:36.139-08:002012-02-08T06:21:36.139-08:00So the big blobs with tentacle things are meant to...So the big blobs with tentacle things are meant to be breast cancer cells (though not sure what the tentacles are meant to represent in respect to cell structure?) and the small green blobs are antibodies specific to death receptors on the cells - on binding, it'll trigger a signalling cascade leading to cell death.<br /><br />I knew you'd like that picture, after all of James' war analogy posts! (also note the lack of T cells involved - heheh)Lingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post-21164094067039179942012-02-08T05:55:59.333-08:002012-02-08T05:55:59.333-08:00It (Ling's link) looks like an illustration fr...It (Ling's link) looks like an illustration from the cover of a 1950's science fantasy novel (or a hypothetical future allegorical sci-fi novel).<br /><br />What is it..?Shaun Hotchkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04832423210563130467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513704378254120283.post-83705427926168508372012-02-07T05:23:51.105-08:002012-02-07T05:23:51.105-08:00I think this picture: http://www.sciencemag.org/co...I think this picture: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6068/528/F1.expansion.html also deserves an honourable mention, since it seems to tie in very nicely with your last immunology posts!Lingnoreply@blogger.com