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Article: The wonder of you ; Ever thought about what your body looks like on the inside? Rebecca Armstrong meets the medical illustrators who left their textbooks behind and now have Hollywood taking notes
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 28, 2007
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These pictures could show a universe of uncharted planets. Or an
undersea world. Perhaps they're from a science-fiction film
populated by strange creatures. In fact, these images show something
much closer to home, although science fiction does play a part.
These are stills from a film called The Inner Life of a Cell, and
instead of alien life forms, they show what happens inside a human
white blood cell. They also represent the forefront of medical
illustration.
"We hope we're at the cutting edge of science animation," says
David Bolinsky, the director of the ground-breaking three-minute
film. A former leading medical illustrator at Yale, Bolinsky's work
could be described as the point at ...