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A paper in Cancer Cell, from Prof Alison Banham, Prof Adrian Harris and Dr Francesca Buffa, has led to the identification of ELTD1 as a key regulator of angiogenesis.

This image shows a three-dimensional reconstruction of the vasculature system of a mouse embryo at 10 days of gestation. It can be appreciated how the vessel network is already branched at a very high level of complexity, to allow the first blood cells to reach every part of the developing embryo.#

Credit: Emanuele Azzoni, Marella de Bruijn

From the RDM Image Competition 2015
A 3D reconstruction of the vasculature system of a mouse embryo at 10 days of gestation.
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