Visual Explainers
Animated science, not walls of text
Gene editing is easier to understand when you can see it happen. Interactive animated diagrams showing exactly how CRISPR, base editing, gene therapy delivery, and more work — step by step.
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How CRISPR-Cas9 Works
Watch CRISPR-Cas9 in action — from guide RNA targeting to DNA cutting and repair. An interactive visual guide to the world's most powerful gene editing tool.
- How guide RNA finds the exact target in 3 billion base pairs
- Why Cas9 cuts both DNA strands (double-strand break)
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How Base Editing Works
Watch base editing fix a single DNA letter without ever cutting the double helix — the pencil eraser of gene editing, explained visually.
- Why base editing doesn't need to cut DNA (no double-strand breaks)
- How cytidine and adenosine deaminases chemically convert bases
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How AAV Gene Therapy Delivery Works
Watch an AAV vector carry a therapeutic gene into a cell, from receptor binding to protein production. Understand gene therapy delivery visually.
- Why AAV is the most popular gene therapy delivery vehicle
- How AAV binds to specific cell surface receptors
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How Prime Editing Works
Watch prime editing rewrite DNA with surgical precision — the 'search-and-replace' editor that writes new genetic sequences without cutting both strands.
- How the pegRNA acts as both guide and template
- Why prime editing nicks only one strand (not both)
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How LNP Delivery Works
Watch a lipid nanoparticle carry mRNA into a cell — the same technology behind COVID vaccines and Intellia's breakthrough CRISPR therapy, explained visually.
- Why lipid nanoparticles replaced viral vectors for some therapies
- How ionizable lipids enable endosomal escape (the key trick)
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How CAR-T Cell Therapy Works
Watch a patient's T-cells get reprogrammed to hunt and destroy cancer — from blood draw to tumor elimination, explained visually.
- The 5-step CAR-T process: extract, engineer, expand, infuse, kill
- What a chimeric antigen receptor actually does on a T-cell
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Ex Vivo vs In Vivo Gene Therapy
Two paths to genetic medicine compared visually — editing cells in the lab vs delivering gene therapy directly into the body. Understand when each approach is used.
- The fundamental difference: editing outside vs inside the body
- Which diseases use each approach (and why)
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How Epigenetic Reprogramming Works
Watch an aged cell turn back its epigenetic clock — Yamanaka factors reset the chemical marks on DNA, restoring youthful gene expression without altering the genetic code.
- What Yamanaka factors (OSKM) are and how they reprogram cells
- The critical difference between full and partial reprogramming
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