Simulation lab

See the science move.

Short, narrated simulations of the biology behind every brief. Play, pause, scrub through the chapters, go full screen, or save any of them as a video to share.

How the Master Disease Agent works

A disease name goes in. Four public databases are searched at once, AI ranks the candidates, and a rules-based check moves withdrawn or failed drugs down. Try Find Your Cure
Disease biology

How diseases work, and how treatments fight back.

How a virus gets into a cell

Docking, entry and hijack: the three steps most antiviral drugs try to block. Herpes simplex research

How a drug finds its target

Shape, orientation and fit decide whether a molecule can block a disease protein. Glioblastoma candidates

How the immune system clears an infection

Antibodies tag invaders, macrophages clear them, and memory cells make the next response faster.

What goes wrong in ALS

A motor neuron's signal to muscle, and how it fades as the neuron degenerates. ALS treatments and trials

From a gene variant to a drug target

How one changed letter of DNA becomes a protein that researchers can aim a drug at.

How immunotherapy fights cancer

A T cell is turned away by a tumor's PD-L1 signal until checkpoint antibodies block it. Glioblastoma trials

How CRISPR edits a gene

Cas9 follows its guide RNA to one exact sequence, cuts it, and the cell repairs the break.

How an mRNA vaccine works

A nanoparticle delivers a recipe, a ribosome builds the spike protein, and immune cells learn its shape.

What happens in Alzheimer's disease

Amyloid plaques and tau tangles weaken the synapse, and antibody drugs help microglia clear the plaques. Alzheimer's research

What goes wrong in cystic fibrosis

A faulty CFTR channel stops chloride and water from flowing, and modulator drugs reopen it. Cystic fibrosis treatments
About these simulations

Illustrative, not to scale.

Each simulation is drawn live in your browser from code, so it loads instantly, follows your theme and stays sharp at any size. They simplify real processes to show the idea; real molecules are far smaller, faster and more crowded.

Use Save video under any simulation to download it as a .webm file for a talk or a post. Recording plays the simulation once in real time.

They also work offline: once you have visited a page, it and its simulations keep playing without an internet connection.

Education, not medical advice.

These animations explain general biology. They do not describe any individual's condition or treatment. Talk to a qualified clinician about your care.

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