They visited operating rooms and peered through microscopes for the first time. Looking at heart cells, one shaman, an elderly woman, asked the pathologist to show her a “happy heart.”
But because fluorescent microscopes are quite large and expensive to use, the technology isn't yet widespread.
Standard light microscopes don't allow researchers to look into the interior of the living brain, where memories are formed and diseases such as dementia and cancer can take their toll.
By looking at the hair follicles under microscopes, they saw when the stem cells turned into other cell types and linked the change to the graying hair.
Visitors must peek into microscopes to examine these remarkable iridescent flowers and birds (pictured at top).
In microphotography, there are specialized cameras built into the microscopes-doctors can take photos using a keyboard after we teach them how to set these up for best lighting and sharpness.
Light microscopes and transmission electron microscopes require that materials be sliced thinly, or trapped under glass before being examined.
But electron microscopes use beams of electrons, instead of light.
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