Category: Animation

  • Oral bacteria growing in the mouth

    Your Mouth, in Sickness and Health

    By Michael Astrachan

    XVIVO Scientific Animation recently wrapped up an exciting project on the bacteria that are found in the human mouth and how these bacteria are affected by oral hygiene (or the lack thereof). We teamed up again with colleagues at Johnson & Johnson for a new virtual reality (VR) visualization of the normal bacterial community that …
  • The Cellspan implant in action

    Start-up with Style: Launch your Visuals with XVIVO

    By Michael Astrachan

    As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Start-up pharmaceutical and biotech companies often need to create illustrations, investigational candidate images, and animations to provide rich scientific detail on a disease state, a process, or a mechanism of action for their website, for presentations, and for printed materials. XVIVO Scientific Animation is …
  • Protac, an experimental treatment, uses the body's own protein disposal system.

    Illustrating the Unconventional: PROTAC™ Technology for Disease Therapy

    By Michael Astrachan

    XVIVO, in collaboration with Wyant Simboli and their client, Arvinas Inc., helped communicate the unconventional mechanism of action for a new class of drugs that engage the body’s own protein disposal system to target cancers and other difficult-to-treat diseases. PROTAC™ PLATFORM Arvinas’ approach is to tag a protein implicated in a disease with their proprietary Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera, …
  • 3d medical animation showreel

    New Year, New Reel

    By Michael Astrachan

    To kick-off the New Year, we’re launching a fresh new showreel for XVIVO. 2018 was an exciting and rewarding year for the team at XVIVO Scientific Animation. We delved into new topics, such as neuroendocrine tumors and ciliary motility, we expanded our capabilities in virtual reality and interactive experiences, and we completed hundreds of projects …
  • Close-ups of several cells in the human body.

    Snip, Snip: New Genome Editing Tools in Development

    By Michael Astrachan

    The NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing program is supporting development of new tools and tests that may one day bring more gene therapies to patients. What if a disease could be treated by diving into a cell to edit the DNA causing the disease? That may be a reality in the not-to-distant future for many …
  • An inside look at the neuron network of the human brain

    XVIVO and PBS Present: My Love Affair with the Brain

    By Michael Astrachan

    On March 9th, your knowledge of the human brain will be challenged and revitalized through years of research and understanding conjured by the brilliant Dr.Marian Diamond. With over two million dedicated YouTube followers and a penchant for toting around a brain in a box, her special is bound to astound viewers. The PBS documentary and …
  • A person suffering from a rare disease with an inside look at the body.

    Rare Diseases Deserves a Voice

    By Michael Astrachan

    Heart disease affects 1 out of every 4 people in the United States.Breast cancer affects 1 out of every 8 women in the United States.In an average year, 1 out of every 4 Americans comes down with the flu. These are recognizable conditions because they occur in many individuals. You probably know somebody who has had one of these conditions, if …
  • A colorful, 3D-rendered image of a virus surrounded by proteins unveils the mesmerizing inner life of a cell. The virus appears as a spherical structure with blue and purple hues, covered in orange and yellow protein spikes, set against a vibrant gradient background.

    THE INNER LIFE OF THE CELL: PROTEIN PACKING

    By Michael Astrachan

    Harvard University and XVIVO come together again to add to the growing series of scientific animations for BioVisions – Harvard’s multimedia lab in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Protein Packing strives to more accurately depict the molecular chaos in each and every cell, with proteins jittering around in what may seem like random motion. Proteins occupy roughly …
  • A 3D illustration depicts a cell membrane with green protein structures extending from its surface, echoing the complexity of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Blue and yellow proteins float in the surrounding space, suggesting an intricate biological or biochemical process.

    A FOCUS ON ALK-POSITIVE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

    By Michael Astrachan

    In partnership with Wedgewood Communications, XVIVO developed two videos for Takeda Oncology to discuss lung cancer mechanism of disease and treatments. This animation takes an extensive and detailed look at the sub-populations of patients who have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which affects about 198,000 new patients in the United States each year. The animation …
  • Illustration of a neural synapse showing two purple neuron endings with multicolored neurotransmitters, highlighting glutamate modulation as they are released and received in the synaptic cleft. The background is softly blurred with a light glow.

    GLUTAMATE MODULATION

    By Michael Astrachan

    Glutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Release of glutamate is essential for normal function of neurons, but the levels of this neurotransmitter must be tightly regulated to avoid toxic effects on neurons. XVIVO partnered with Biohaven to animate the glutamate story. The script details normal glutamate signaling, dysfunctional glutamate signaling and …

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