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Melanoma (skin cancer) cells undergoing programmed cell death, also called apoptosis. This process was triggered by raising the pH of the medium that the cells were growing in. Melanoma in people cannot be treated by raising pH because that would also kill healthy cells. This video was taken using a differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope.

Source:
Dylan T. Burnette, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Technique: Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
Magnification: 40X (Objective Lens Magnification)