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The Best Medical Photos of the Year

Scientific shots that just might change your definition of "masterpiece"

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Silkworm Trachea
M I Walker, Wellcome Images
This shot of a silkworm's trachea was named one of the year's best medical images by the Wellcome Trust. See the entire collection in this gallery.
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Bioinformatics: Gene Expression Analysis
The Sanger Institute, Wellcome Images
Using mathematics, computer science and statistics researchers can use bioinformatics to visualize gene expression studies. In this case, each dot represents a gene—lines are expression patterns between genes.
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