Breast Cancer Cells Dying From Taxol Treatment

Live cell imaging of breast cancer cells being killed by the chemotherapy drug taxol. Cells are expressing GFP:tubulin. Cells were imaged at 20X with a spinning disc confocal microscope. Cancer cells are being treated with taxol

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• breast
• cancer
• chemotherapy
• taxol
• paclitaxel
• microtubule
• treatment
• taxotere
• dying
• tumor
• surgery
• hospital
• lung
• prostate
• health

[Sergionewyork]

Could explain what's going on here?

[marcuslab]

Breast cancers cells are being treated with the popular anti-mitotic agent paclitaxel, which inhibits breast cancer cell division. So you are visualizing breast cancer cells unable to undergo mitosis (cell division) and form abnormal mitotic spindles (bright regions in rounded cells). Over time the cells continue to round up and eventually die (apoptosis). Hope this helps.

[tnassar1]

@ShirleyLedlie thats not true at all ...

[heartlessvietboy]

What are they?

[soulswithin]

Just what I needed to see before my third chemo trtmt. Thank you! I've been needing to visualize this and now I am driven to get thru this, only one more to go. My complete respect to all who face this. Love to you all.

[missfloridaus]

A/C was a cakewalk in comparison to Taxol. I have never experienced so much pain in all of my life.. . .My heart goes out to all women who are currently undergoing or who have previously undergone Taxol treatments. Not fun.

[Str3ssed]

How long did this take real time?

[ShirleyLedlie]

And whats even more amazing is Taxotere can leave you permanantly bald !

[justaLil]

this is amazing