Portal:Medicine/Selected picture archive of 2006

December 24, 2006 - December 31.
Image from 11th century AH (17th century AD) Persian manuscript by Mansur ibn Muhammad Ahmad at the Majles Library, Tehran.

Photo credit: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1976). Islamic Science:An Illustrated Study, World of Islam Festival Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 090503502X

December 17, 2006 - December 24.
MRI-picture of coarctatio aortae with collaterals.

Photo credit: User:Ekko

December 10, 2006 - December 17.
This follicular adenoma of the thyroid is shown in a right lobectomy specimen, sectioned vertically and viewed from the posterior aspect to show a 2.7 cm tumor distending the lower pole.

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December 3, 2006 - December 10
Contact lenses, once inserted in the eye, become almost invisible (except cosmetic contact lenses).

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November 27, 2006 - December 3
Computed tomography scan

Photo credit: User:Sundar

November 20, 2006 - November 27
Animation of oxy and deoxy forms of hemoglobin

Photo credit: Molecule of the Month by www.pdb.org

November 13, 2006 - November 20
Sagittal view of a fetal face (22 weeks).

Photo credit: User:Mirmillon

November 6, 2006 - November 13
Human karyotype with color added to distinguish chromosome pairs.

Photo credit: nih.gov

October 29, 2006 - November 6
HIV particle budding from a human cell.

Photo credit: aidshistory.nih.gov

October 22, 2006 - October 29
Ribbon diagram of a heptameric, 63 kDa cleavage fragment (PA63) of the protective antigen (PA) protein, produced by Bacillus anthracis as part of the anthrax toxin. The quaternary structure is that of a pre-pore, which later forms a channel that allows other toxins into the cytosol of the target cell, so the pathogen can cause damage to the host.

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October 13, 2006 - October 22
Normal (left) versus cancerous (right) mammography image.

Photo credit: Courtesy of the National Cancer Institute

October 7, 2006 - October 13
Diabetic macular edema.

Photo credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

October 1, 2006 - October 7
PA view Chest X-Ray of Canadian dollar coin in esophagus of child.

Photo credit: Released per permission of mother

September 24, 2006 - September 30
A PET scan can show patterns in the brain which aid the physician in diagnosing and treating Parkinson's Disease.

Photo credit: Source

September 17, 2006 - September 24
Sequence alignment of 27 H9N2 avian influenza hemagglutinin protein sequences. The top section is colored by residue conservation and the bottom by residue chemical properties. Alignment produced with ClustalW.

Photo credit: Opabinia regalis

September 10, 2006 - September 17
The left hip of this dog (on the right side of the X-ray) has an artificial hip. The right hip has hip dysplasia with osteoarthritis and remodeling of the head of the femur.

Photo credit: Joelmills

September 4, 2006 - September 10
Infant undergoing bili light therapy using a bili blanket, also known as a Wallaby.

Photo credit: Jeremykemp

August 29, 2006 - September 4
Animation of a rotating DNA structure.

Photo credit: Brian0918

August 22, 2006 — August 29
Embryo at 12 weeks.

Photo credit: User:Mirmillon

August 14, 2006 — August 21
Spread of SARS from the Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong as of March 28, 2003.

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August 7, 2006 — August 14
Histopathology of amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri. Direct fluorescent antibody stain.

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July 31, 2006 — August 7
Premature baby in an incubator.

Photo credit:, Thomas Hartwell

July 24, 2006 — July 31
Animation of hemoglobin t-r state transformation.

Photo credit: User:BerserkerBen

July 17, 2006 — July 24
Micrograph of sickle red blood cells.

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July 10, 2006 — July 17


Animation created from a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (fMRI) of the brain. The little dot that appears on the upper-left hand side outside the skull is a vitamin E pill taped to the side of the head for correct left-right orientation.

Photo credit: User:Fastfission

July 4, 2006 — July 10
Vesalius' De humani corporis fabrica, plate 164. Original scanned page from 1543 edition. Plate 164 is described as "Drawing of the Bones of the Human Body, Seen from the Side".

Photo credit: User:Encephalon

June 29, 2006 — July 4
The sinoatrial node (abbreviated SA node or SAN, also called the sinus node) is the impulse generating (pacemaker) tissue located in the right atrium of the heart.

Photo credit: User:JHeuser

June 21, 2006 — June 28
MRI image showing a bright spot where multiple sclerosis has damaged myelin in the brain.

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June 14, 2006 — June 21
Hospital Corpsman Brian Long, of Sellersville, Pa., attempts to read a standard eye chart from twenty feet with the help of an Optical Refractor aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67).

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June 7, 2006 — June 14
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions.

Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control / C. Goldsmith

May 31, 2006 — June 7
This is a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) from a chicken embryo (around stage of day 7) after incubation overnight in NGF growth medium.

May 24, 2006 — May 31
A sperm attempts to penetrate the ovum coat to fertilize it.

July 29, 2005 — May 24
Scheme of semipermeable membrane during hemodialysis. Red = blood, blue = dialysing fluid, yellow = membrane.

May 18, 2005 — July 29
Completed tracheotomy: 1 - Vocal cords, 2 - Thyroid cartilage, 3 - Cricoid cartilage, 4 - Tracheal cartilages, 5 - Balloon cuff.