How virtual reality is helping scientists make new discoveries about our health

How virtual reality is helping scientists make new discoveries about our health

“Caroline Stefani has a cool job: She works at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason in Seattle, looking for new ways to treat diseases like multiple sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes. To do that, Stefani spends a lot of time taking pictures of tiny, tiny cells through a microscope, then trying to imagine those images in three dimensions.

A typical image of two cells that Stefani might look at in the lab. (Benaroya Research Institute Photo)

It’s not easy. In fact, it turns out a lot of scientists have a hard time wrapping their minds around the tiny, three dimensional structures that they work with every day, like cells and proteins.

Luckily, Stefani’s office is right next door to Tom Skillman, who leads Benaroya’s research technology efforts. Talking with Stefani over drinks one evening, Skillman had an idea: using data from microscopes, he could build a full 3D model of the cells she studies — in virtual reality…”

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