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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

February 19, 2024

In this confocal image of a breast organoid, contractile myoepithelial cells (blue) are shown crawling on secretory breast cells. Myoepithelial cells are present in mammary, sweat, lacrimal and salivary glands where they help regulate flow of fluids.

Image courtesy of Jakup Sumbal, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.