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    Holiday Lights: The Magic Inside and Out

    By Michael Astrachan

    The Holidays are here, and we couldn’t resist sharing a little XVIVO magic! To our team, clients, and friends—thank you for letting us be a part of your story. Wishing you a season filled with warmth, joy, and a little extra sparkle. Turn up the volume and enjoy! Happy Holidays from all of us at XVIVO!
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    Digital Replacement: Creativity, Connection, and the Role of AI

    By Michael Astrachan

    As long as I can remember, I’ve been an artist. For me, art is a way to connect with others, make sense of life, express ideas, and share stories. Over time, I’ve developed an appreciation for the history of art and the many ways humanity has created and utilized it.
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    Introducing Our New Showreel

    By Michael Astrachan

    We’re excited to unveil our latest showreel, a visual journey through the therapeutic areas and scientific stories that have shaped our recent work. In just two minutes, this reel captures recent years of collaboration, storytelling, and discovery in some of the most dynamic fields of medical science. From oncology and mRNA science to hematology, neurology, …
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    Supporting Innovation in Connecticut: A Partnership of Progress with Connecticut Innovations

    By Michael Astrachan

    As a Connecticut-based company, we're not just located in the state; we are an integral part of its vibrant ecosystem of innovation and progress. Our pride in being a Connecticut company runs deep, fueled by the opportunities to collaborate with remarkable inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs.
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    Werewolf Therapeutics PREDATOR platform

    By Michael Astrachan

    XVIVO recently partnered with Werewolf Therapeutics to create an animation about their INDUKINE molecules and how the molecules could transform immunotherapy as it is practiced today. Werewolf leadership had worked with XVIVO on a previous animation and really enjoyed the process and the final product. So it was an easy decision to pick a scientific animation studio when Werewolf needed help visualizing their science.
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    The Art and Science of Medical Animation: Behind-the-Scenes

    By Michael Astrachan

    The Vaccine Makers Project, a program of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC@CHOP) and Medical History Pictures (MHP), partnered up again with XVIVO to help develop two new animations, this time about how COVID-19 mRNA and viral vector vaccines work. Here, we’ll show you what went on behind the scenes to make the COVID-19 vaccine animations.
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    COVID Vaccine Animation goes Viral!

    By Michael Astrachan

    The Vaccine Makers Project, a program of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC@CHOP) and Medical History Pictures (MHP) partnered up again with XVIVO to help develop two new animations, this time about how COVID-19 vaccines work. With the monumental task of helping people understand new information about COVID-19, we were honored and thrilled to put our passion for communicating science into these animation projects.
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    Wash your mouth! With Listerine

    By Michael Astrachan

    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.
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    How COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Work – Vaccine Makers Project

    By Michael Astrachan

    In partnership with CHOP, VMP and Medical History Pictures, XVIVO has created a series of animations that bring to life the detailed processes of how the human immune system fights diseases at both the cellular and molecular levels with the help of vaccinations. In response to ever-evolving conditions within the current pandemic, we have just completed the first of two new videos that explain specifically how COVID-19 vaccines work to prevent the disease.
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    Reinforcing Tendon and Ligament Repair with BioBrace

    By Michael Astrachan

    Biorez has pioneered the BioBrace, the first ‘biocomposite’ soft tissue scaffold engineered to both mechanically reinforce tendon and ligament repairs, and enhance healing through its unique material properties and open architecture.
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    Innovative Ocular Therapeutics

    By Michael Astrachan

    Qlaris Bio is investigating a novel type of medicine to reduce the pressure inside the eye, with the hopes of providing a new and targeted option to people suffering from glaucoma. To help viewers understand how their investigational drug QLS-101 works, the first step was to make the complex anatomy of the eye more understandable and explain the variety of factors that regulate the pressure inside the eye under normal circumstances.
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    T Cell Engaging Therapies for Solid Tumor Cancers: The Maverick Approach

    By Michael Astrachan

    XVIVO partnered with Maverick Therapeutics to create an animation that brought to life the mechanism of action behind their pioneering approach to solid tumor cancer immunotherapy.
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    Peering into the Brain: Neuralink’s brain-machine interface

    By Michael Astrachan

    XVIVO was recently tasked with creating an animation that provides a 30,000-foot overview of neurophysiological signaling in the human brain to help the team at Neuralink describe the science that underpins their BMI device development.
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    Understanding the Science Behind Viruses Can Help You Get Through the Pandemic

    By Michael Astrachan

    The beautiful thing about science is that once we understand how things work, we can then make intelligent decisions. There’s a lot of highly politicized and sometimes conflicting messaging floating around about the current COVID-19 pandemic raging across the globe. So we thought it would be timely to share with you some highly informative animations we have produced about the mechanisms of virus transmission and the capability of the human body’s immune system to fight back and protect us.
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    NIKON – SEE MORE THAN BEFORE

    By Michael Astrachan

    In anticipation of the release of the Ti2 in January 2017, our team composed a 4-part series of animations to highlight the spectacular features of this research microscope. It is safe to say the Ti2 Inverted Research Microscope will truly transform the way users capture data by way of supreme quality imaging.
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    XVIVO’s New Interactive Showreel

    By Michael Astrachan

    Whether it is presenting your work at trade shows, capturing the attention of a busy physician, or educating your patients, let XVIVO help your story stand out from the rest with active experiences that educate, excite, and inspire your audiences.

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