Medicine and Life Award

1st Prize

 

Cancer cell movement

Anne Weston

 

Cancer cells can spread through the body in a process known as metastasis. This cancer cell is moving down a pore in a filter. The image was taken at Cancer Research UK, where the spread of cancer is studied in the hope of finding a cure.

JEOL FEG 6700 scanning electron microscope. Coloured using Adobe Photoshop.