Microbe Magazine
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Cover: Confocal light micrograph of a section through a blood vessel in the brain, showing the arrangement of cells that form the blood-brain barrier. This barrier protects the brain from many potentially harmful molecules and microorganisms, though some pathogens are able to cross it (see p. 487). (Image © C. J. Guerin, MRC Toxicology Unit/Science Source).
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Microbe Magazine, Cover Image
Cover Image
Cover: Confocal light micrograph of a section through a blood vessel in the brain, showing the arrangement of cells that form the blood-brain barrier. This barrier protects the brain from many potentially harmful molecules and microorganisms, though some pathogens are able to cross it (see p. 487). (Image © C. J. Guerin, MRC Toxicology Unit/Science Source).
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