How Virtual Reality Takes Scientists Inside New Molecules (video)

A walk-in 3-D cube lets scientists explore the human body, its organs, and even the tiniest of cells.

From video games to immersive documentaries, virtual reality is beginning to transform the consumer media and entertainment experience. But it’s poised to improve the way scientist discover new medicines as well. At Pfizer’s Research & Development hub in Cambridge, Mass., chemists, neuroscientists and other researchers use 3D VisBox technology to visualize and virtually explore the human body at the molecular level.

Watch below for an up-close view of how virtual reality is advancing medical research.

Pharma Peers Unite to Build DNA-Encoded Libraries

Scientists build a library of millions or billions of compounds, each tagged with a unique DNA “barcode.” They are tasked with exploring DNA-encoded libraries technology, DELs, to help accelerate the earliest stages of drug discovery.

Pharma Peers Unite to Build DNA-Encoded Libraries

The Future of Pharmacovigilance: Monitoring Medicine and Vaccine Safety Using AI and Other Tech

Since 2014, Pfizer has used artificial intelligence to help sort through and categorize reports that people file when they experience an “adverse event.”

The Future of Pharmacovigilance: Monitoring Medicine and Vaccine Safety Using AI and Other Tech

Since 2014, Pfizer has used artificial intelligence to help sort through and categorize reports that people file when they experience an “adverse event.”

From Math to Medicine: What Are Mathematical Models and How Do They Predict Pharmacology?

Scientists across disciplines use mathematical models to make predictions and understand complicated real-world systems, like the weather or financial markets or biology.

From Math to Medicine: What Are Mathematical Models and How Do They Predict Pharmacology?

Scientists across disciplines use mathematical models to make predictions and understand complicated real-world systems, like the weather or financial markets or biology.

Three Principles of Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) can catapult us toward tremendous breakthroughs in healthcare – if we use it ethically and build in responsibility.

Three Principles of Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) can catapult us toward tremendous breakthroughs in healthcare – if we use it ethically and build in responsibility.

5 Inspiring STEM Women Who are Making Medicine Happen

In the United States, statistics about the representation of women in STEM seem to be disappointing. Here are five at Pfizer who are defying the odds.

5 Inspiring STEM Women Who are Making Medicine Happen

In the United States, statistics about the representation of women in STEM seem to be disappointing. Here are five at Pfizer who are defying the odds.