Play + Learn

Learn medicine’s future by doing

Six lightweight games and tools: follow a drug from lab to approval, reality-check a headline, build a cell, decode a genome, explore an MRI and test your vocabulary. Educational only — no diagnoses, risk estimates or stock tips.

Abstract illustration for the Drug Development Journey game.
Game · Journey

Drug Development Journey

From a hunch about biology to a medicine on the shelf

Educational · no personal data
Abstract illustration for the Build a Cell game.
Game · Cell

Build a Cell

Assemble a cell, one structure at a time

Educational · no personal data
Abstract illustration for the Decode a Genome game.
Game · Genome

Decode a Genome

Why a variant rarely gives a simple prediction

Educational · no personal data
Abstract illustration for the MRI Explorer game.
Game · Mri

MRI Explorer

How MRI works — and where AI may help

Educational · no personal data
Interactive · Genome + Cells

Inside the genome

Tap any letter. Codons are read three bases at a time.

Every letter is a choice point. Tap a base in this made-up sequence to see how a single change can be silent, change one amino acid, or stop the protein — then try the full simulation.

  • Most variants are harmless — and many are classified “uncertain”.
  • A variant rarely gives a simple yes-or-no prediction.
  • The sequence here is fictional and for learning only.
Curated · attributed · embed-permitted

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Video library
Science communicator

How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA | Jennifer Doudna

CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna describes how a bacterial immune system became a programmable tool for editing DNA. She also raises the ethical questions that…

Video · TED
Science communicator

How does an MRI machine work?

A plain-language look at the physics behind magnetic resonance imaging, from powerful magnets to radio pulses and hydrogen atoms in the body. Viewers come…

Video · Science Museum
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One concise weekly roundup of what moved in medicine — what happened, what the evidence shows, and what to watch next. No hype, no stock tips.

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