Sickle Cells

Sickle Cells

Project: HbS Polymerization & Sickle Cell Disease (MOD)Segment from 4-minute (MOD) animation that discusses the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease and the silent damage of SCD that can go unrecognized. Above: a view of sickle cells and chronic hemolysis underway. We were challenged to visually depict several key critical aspects of the SCD story, such…

Influenza & the Heart

Influenza & the Heart

Project: Influenza and the Heart MOD Sequence from an animation that explores influenza, the body’s immune response to the virus, and how it may cause dangerous levels of inflammation throughout multiple body organ systems. Above: white blood cells approaching a burgeoning plaque in a blood vessel In this excerpt, we depict a plaque rupture and…

Amyloidosis MOD

Amyloidosis MOD

Project: Systemic Amyloidosis MOD A few excerpts from a 3-minute MOD animation that provides an insightful overview of amyloidosis, a group of rare and devastating progressive diseases caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins.  The most common form of systemic amyloidosis is amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis, which is caused by the misfolding of immunoglobulin…