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'''''The Inner Life of the Cell''''' is an 8.5-minute [[3D computer graphics]] [[animation]] illustrating the molecular mechanisms that occur when a [[white blood cell]] in the [[blood vessels]] of the [[human body]] is activated by inflammation ([[Leukocyte extravasation]]). It shows how a [[white blood cell]] rolls along the inner surface of the [[capillary]], flattens out, and squeezes through the cells of the capillary wall to the site of inflammation where it contributes to the [[immune reaction]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,72962-0.html | title=Lives of a Cell, the 3-D Version | publisher=[[Wired News]] |date= March 14, 2007 | access-date =2007-05-17}}</ref>
==Production==
[[David Bolinsky]], former lead [[medical illustrator]] at [[Yale]], lead animator [[John Liebler]], and [[Mike Astrachan]] are some of the creators at [[XVIVO]] who made the movie. The audio track was composed, recorded, and produced by Matt Berky.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.massiveproductions.com/about.php|website=Massive Productions|access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> They created the animation for [[Harvard|Harvard's]] Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/tprojects/6850.html | title=Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a Cell | publisher=[[Studio Daily]] |date= July 20, 2006 | access-date =2007-05-17}}</ref>
Most of the processes animated were the result of [[Alain Viel]] and [[Robert Lue]]'s work describing the processes to the team. [[Alain Viel]] is an associate director of undergraduate research at [[Harvard University]].
The film took 14 months to create for 8.5 minutes of animation. It was first seen by a wide audience at the 2006 [[SIGGRAPH]] conference in [[Boston]].
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==External links==
* {{cite web|title=The Inner Life of the Cell|url=http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215222914/http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/|archive-date=Dec 15, 2008|publisher=Harvard University}}, {{cite web|title=Narrated version|url=http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife_lo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225050120/http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife_lo.html|archive-date=Dec 25, 2008|url-status=live}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6qRNNGPj4 YouTube video] narrated by [https://www.cerritos.edu/ctydell/ Dr Chace Tydell] of [[Cerritos College]]
* [http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_extravasation.html Extravasion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907112944/http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_extravasation.html |date=2015-09-07 }} Simplified cartoon version of the same process.
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/147 David Bolinsky's Speech] Presenting The Inner Life of the Cell
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