Angiogenesis

A cancer tumor forms in a bed of healthy cells. The animation goes on to show how the tumor recruits blood vessels and how metastasis occurs.

1 minute 12 seconds
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Gleevec

Gleevec is a drug designed to interfere with the stimulation of growth in leukemia cells. This 3D animation shows how this is achieved.

1 minute 3 seconds
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Mismatch Repair

This animation illustrates how mistakes made during DNA replication are repaired.

1 minute 22 seconds
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p53

A 3D animation showing the molecule p53 binds to DNA and initiates the transcription of mRNA.

25 seconds
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Using p53 to Fight Cancer

This animation demonstrates how cancerous cells could be destroyed using a modified virus.

1 minute 1 second
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VEGF

This animation shows how a growing tumor can recruit nearby blood vessels in order to gain a supply of blood.

29 seconds
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