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.
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.
Reinforcing Tendon and Ligament Repair with BioBrace
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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.
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.
T Cell Engaging Therapies for Solid Tumor Cancers: The Maverick Approach
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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.
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.
Understanding the Science Behind Viruses Can Help You Get Through the Pandemic
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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.
HILLEMAN – A PERILOUS QUEST TO SAVE THE WORLD’S CHILDREN
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Michael Astrachan
Medical History Pictures together with Paul Offit produced HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children, a feature-length documentary about the life and legacy of this legendary scientist. The animation you see in this film was done by XVIVO and was an incredible project to be part of.
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.
The Science Of Whiskey
By
Michael Astrachan
In case you were wondering, it’s still winter. So how about a nice blog about whiskey to help warm you up? Seriously, we all know how whiskey may warm our hearts and take the chill out of our bones, but have you ever wondered about the science behind whiskey itself?
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.
