E. coli bacteria are often portrayed in a negative light. However, in 1973, Herbet Boyer and Stanley Cohen used E. coli as a vehicle to develop recombinant DNA technology. By inserting plasmids with foreign DNA into E. coli, they showed that genetic materials could be transferred between species.
Continuing our long working relationship with Johnson & Johnson, XVIVO created a series of animations for their Listerine mouth rinse line of products. The animations were all developed for dental professionals, to educate them on the mechanism and benefit of the various Listerine products.
Listerine Antiseptic and its dental health benefits are featured in this animation work for Johnson & Johnson. We begin at an interior view of the mouth, showing brushing and flossing to remove plaque from the surface of the tooth. When Listerine Antiseptic is introduced for rinsing, the viewer is taken on an amusement park splash ride inside the mouth.
Colonic bacteria can be anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory. This illustration was made to detail the anti-inflammatory signaling and cellular interactions that can mitigate colorectal carcinogenesis.
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. This imaginative illustration depicting a bacteriophage with a robot skeleton was developed for an editorial.
Pulsatile blood flow takes you on a ride as a red blood cell through the circulatory system in the Nanot animation. We begin the animation with the role of natural killer (or NK) cells as a part of the innate immune system that defends against cell malfunction as well as foreign particles (like bacteria or viruses). NK cells have a mechanism to identify and destroy damaged or diseased cells.
In this MOA animation, we worked with Pfizer to share their vaccine development against Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease, or MenB. This lethal disease, caused by bacterial meningitis, primarily affects adolescents and young adults.
It’s all about the biofilm. Over 700 different species are found in the human oral microbiome, growing, communicating and thriving in a complex, sticky biofilm community known as dental plaque. Dive into the biofilm with us as we explore the balance between the good and the bad bacteria, and how proper oral hygiene – brushing, cleaning between your teeth and rinsing – can help keep your dental biofilm thin and healthy!
In the particular case shown in this animation, the plasmid is making the surface protein from the hepatitis B virus. Scientific detail is retained in the animation through the production of messenger RNA and translation by the ribosome to generate the structure of the hepatitis B surface protein.
In conjunction with the innate immune system, the adaptive immune system protects our body from infection and damage from foreign bodies (like bacteria and viruses). The adaptive immune system provides our body with a targeted defense by producing antibodies, which are made-to-order proteins against a particular feature of a particular invader.