Cell death's 'beautiful' rings: Microscopy images (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Cell death's 'beautiful' rings: Microscopy images

Caption

Images from a high resolution microscope at the University of Michigan help reveal a never-before-observed ring structure that researchers have found helps cells mediate the "perfect" amount of cell death. The green parts of the ring show where it is bound to a cell membrane and the red dots are channels that penetrate through the membrane.

Credit

D. Ge et al. Nature, 2026. DOI:10.1038/s41586-026-10215-1

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