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betterworlds:

BBC UK has a story on this, but its headline misses the main point here.  People have made 3D images of cells for many years now.  The thing that really is a breakthrough here is that the cells are ALIVE, and the resolution is very good.

What you’re seeing in this video is a live, moving, HeLa cell, with all of its cell-surface projections.

Images and more videos are available on the Nature Methods site for the paper.

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