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Mr. Blogger ran across some interesting photos on TYWKIWDBI from the Wellcome Image library, a free on-line resource of over 150,000 images related to medicine. The images below represent some of the winners of the 10th Annual Wellcome Image Awards.

The Wellcome Image Awards recognise the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images among recent acquisitions to the Wellcome Images collection of medical and historical images.
~Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust is a British organization that spends over £600 million annually in the UK and internationally in support of research to improve the health of humans and animals.

Some of this year’s winners:

Sickle Cell AnaemiaThis image shows two red blood cells. The one in the front has been affected by sickle-cell anaemia, and displays the characteristic sickle shape (a flattened 'C' shape) common to the disease. Scanning electron micrograph by Jackie Lewin

Mouse LiverThis image of the liver shows blood vessels called sinusoids as long pink channels, brown tissue that is important in the production of bile, and the channels - shown as thin green grooves - that carry the bile towards the small intestine to help digestion. Scanning electron micrograph by Jackie Lewin

Capillary NetworkThis image shows capillaries, or small blood vessels, which act as the connective network between arteries and veins. They are often found as large networks supplying organs with oxygen and other nutrients, and removing carbon dioxide. Light micrograph by Spike Walker

Bird of Paradise SeedThis seed is from a bird of paradise plant ('Strelitzia reginae'). Native to South Africa, the plant has a distinctive orange and blue flower, resembling an exotic bird, from which it takes its name. Scanning electron micrograph by Annie Cavanaugh and Dave McCarthy

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