Glioma (Brain Tumor) Cells: A Picture Gallery

Cure Resources November 27, 2012 1 Comment

Glioma (Brain Tumor) Cells: A Picture Gallery

A glioma is a type of tumor that starts in the brain or spine. The tumor is called glioma because it arises from glial cells and the most common site of gliomas is the brain. Gliomas are among the most aggressive of brain tumors and prognosis of high-grade gliomas is generally poor. Of 10,000 Americans diagnosed each year with malignant gliomas, about half are alive 1 year after diagnosis and 25% after two years.

Glial (brain tumor) cells a picture gallery from Priya-Menon

Immunfluorescence staining of the human glioma cell line U251.

A single human glioma cell (U-118 MG).

Mitochondrial Network in Human Brain Glioma Cell Cultures.

A glioma (green) grows in a mouse brain. The glioma cells express a biological marker (in red) indicating their transformation into stem cells.
CREDIT: Eric Bushong

Human glioblastoma cells.

Glioma (brain tumor) cells.

Human brain glioma (U-118 MG) cells.

Gross anatomy of a glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of malignant glioma.

Scanning electron micrograph of glioma cells (yellow) migrating along a large blood vessel in the brain cortex.

Glioma is a rare type of tumor that has its origins in the glial cells.

Image courtesy:

http://www.antibodies-online.com/antibody/108568/anti-Nestin+NES/

http://www.olympusfluoview.com/gallery/cells/u118/u118large2.html

http://www.olympusmicro.com/galleries/confocal/cells/u118/u118sb1.html

http://www.livescience.com/24095-brain-cancer-glioblastomas-stem-cells.html

http://www.sonidel.com/sonidel/nepa21-cell-image-viability-and-transfection-efficiency-results/

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/techniques/fluorescence/gallery/cells/u118/u118cellslarge1.html

http://www.neurobiotech.ohio-state.edu/Viapianolab/research_glioma.htm

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Priya Menon

Priya is Scientific Media Editor at Applied Informatics/TrialX. She hosts and manages CureTalks, an internet radio talk show on healthcare which brings together experts and people on the same platform engaging in ‘Discussions for Solutions’. She holds masters in Microbiology, degrees in Patent Law, Media Law, and certifications in Writing in Sciences from Stanford University and HR Management from IIM Bangalore, India. She has extensive writing experience with a focus on cancer research, nutrition, and alternative therapies and presents a varied view on healthcare and associated domains. She is also a guest columnist at The Week. Follow (@Cure_talk).

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