CAR-T Cell Therapy
Molecular Visualization • 2022
CAR-T cell therapy is a novel form of immunotherapy that represents a major breakthrough in treating blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma. This mock Scientific American spread is intended to educate a general audience on the function of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) in targeting cancer cells within the patient's body.
Client
Dr. Derek Ng
Software
Autodesk Maya
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
VMD
Chimera
Format
Editorial
Journal Spread
Ideation & Thumbnail Sketches
Comprehensive Sketch
Production
Building the CAR construct and its interactions with CD19 and ZAP70 was a challenge. With help from Professor Ng, I constructed the CAR by referencing the PDB models used in David Goodsell’s Molecule of the Month. I then used Chimera to export the individual obj files to be imported into Maya for rendering.
