Your cells work hard

Get to know your body by watching these mind-blowing, awe-inspiring videos… keep in mind, these things are happening RIGHT NOW in YOUR BODY!

1) An immune cell is chasing a bacterium:

2) A kinesin protein is WALKING on a microtubule. This is a simulation, but is complete non-fiction!

3) The previous video is an award-winning excerpt of a simulation commissioned by Harvard and made by XVIVO, called Life of a Cell. It depicts a white blood cell responding to an external stimulus. There are more like it at Harvard’s website.

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