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Treat the body, heal the soul.

Since ‪#‎Mexico‬ began covering breast cancer treatment for women who could not otherwise afford it, thousands of women have been diagnosed, treated and survived the disease.

Read more about efforts in Mexico to give everyone access to the health care they need - regardless of their financial situation: http://goo.gl/mWS6BG

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This electron micrograph depicts an amoeba, Hartmannella vermiformis (orange), as it entraps a Legionella pneumophila bacterium (green) with an extended pseudopod. After it is ingested, the Legionella pneumophila bacterium can survive as a symbiont within what then becomes its protozoan host. The amoeba then becomes what is referred to as a "Trojan horse," for by harboring the pathogenic bacteria, the amoeba can afford them protection, and in fact, in times of adverse environmental conditions, are able to metamorphose into a cystic-stage enabling it, and its symbiotic resident pathogens to withstand such environmental stresses.

Image credit: Dr. Barry S Fields/CDC

Legionella pneumophila bacterium causes a disease called Legionellosis, that can come in two forms:

1) Legionnaires' disease is the more severe form of the infection, which may involve pneumonia.

2) Pontiac fever is a milder illness that develops from hours to two days after initial infection and resolves spontaneously. ( http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/mobileart.asp?articlekey=10790&page=1 )
#science #biology

Mitochondria packed between myofibrils in cardiac muscle

Image description:
Heart muscle. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a longitudinal section through healthy heart (cardiac) muscle. Large oval mitochondria lie between the muscle fibres (pink). The thick transverse bands on the fibres are Z lines, regions with a more dense arrangement of actin, one of the two types of muscle filament. In order to beat, the heart produces regular electrical impulses causing the muscle filaments to slide over one another and contract the cardiac muscle. The high concentration of mitochondria reflects the large respirational demands of the heart.

Credit: Steve Gschmeissner
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