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A Wellcome bunch of pretty pictures

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Bird of paradise plant seed
Credit: Annie Cavanaugh, Wellcome Images
The Wellcome Trust rolled out 19 prize-winning pictures this week as part of the 10th Wellcome Image Awards. The aesthetic A-list was selected from all the newly acquired images collected over the past 18 months by the Wellcome Images picture library — which features more than 150,000 visuals related to biomedical science, clinical medicine and history of medicine.

From captivating cancer cells to stunning sensory nerve fibres, the winners reveal “the ability of the picture to communicate the wonder and fascination of science”, according to the Wellcome Trust’s press release.

To view all the selected images, head over to the Wellcome Collection in London before Spring 2010, or just click through the Image Awards Website, which details how the images were captured and why they were tapped by the judges.

Over at the BBC, there’s also a video of Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, discussing his top three picks.

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Summer plankton
Credit: Spike Walker, Wellcome Images

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Mouse liver with blood cells
Credit: EM Unit, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Wellcome Images

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