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🧬 Apoptosis Simulator: Caspase Cascade & Programmed Cell Death

Watch a cell undergo apoptosis (programmed cell death): trigger the extrinsic (death-receptor) or intrinsic (mitochondrial) pathway, tune stimulus and Bcl-2 inhibitor levels, and follow caspase-3 activation through membrane blebbing, chromatin condensation and apoptotic-body formation.

Biology3DModerate60 FPS

Details

CategoryBiology

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsPathway buttons (Extrinsic Fas/TRAIL vs Intrinsic mitochondrial) select the trigger mechanism; death-stimulus slider sets signal strength; Bcl-2/IAP inhibitor slider resists the cascade; speed slider scales simulation time; Trigger/Reset buttons start or rewind the sequence.

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⚙ Under the hood

Watch a cell undergo apoptosis: trigger the extrinsic (death-receptor) or intrinsic (mitochondrial) pathway, tune stimulus and Bcl-2 inhibitor levels, and follow caspase-3 activation through membrane blebbing, chromatin condensation and apoptotic-body formation.

Three.jsapoptosiscaspase cascadecell biologyprogrammed cell deathInstancedMesh

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install