Diamond knife machine

Credit: LEWIS HOUGHTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Diamond knife ultramicrotome. This machine is used to slice tissue that has been embedded in resin. The ultramicrotome has been cooled with liquid nitrogen to preserve the proteins within the tissue structures. Part of a light microscope is also seen at top. Photographed at Dundee University in Dundee, Scotland.

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