Amazing
No, it’s not a cross between Battlestar Galactica and Dr. Seuss. It’s what’s going on inside the cells of your body.
“The Inner Life of the Cell” takes [Harvard] undergrads beyond textbooks and vividly illustrates the mechanisms that allow a white blood cell to sense its surroundings and respond to an external stimulus. This animation explores the different cellular environments in which these communications take place.
For the full story of how they did it, go here.
To see the 3 minute video yourself, go here.
HT: Carl
October 5th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
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November 3rd, 2006 at 2:20 am
That’s really beautiful! Thank you for posting that, I wish I could go back and take some more cellular biology classes. It’s like a whole other world that opens up - and that video really demonstrates that!