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The enormous expansion of the World Wide Web and the recent advances in computer sciences have radically changed the traditional educational methods. In such a network-centric mode of education the presence of teachers and students in the same place or even at the same time is no longer prerequisite. These developments have also affected the education and training of medical students. Moreover, the combination of virtual reality with Internet technologies has enabled the development of advanced web-based medical simulations that can help students acquire the required experience and skills in a safe, realistic environment. This paper aims to survey the last advances on medical simulations on World Wide Web, as well as to demonstrate a new Web-based medical simulation called "Hepatic Cells Simulation", which has been developed for being used as an educational tool for medical students and doctors. The simulation represents in 3D space the cellular structure of liver, as well as the deformation of hepatic cells resulting in the flow of bile in the blood (a pathological condition which is called Jaundice). This innovative application permits the active participation of students in the educational procedure enabling medical students not only to study the cellular structure of liver but also to interact with the simulation by changing the pressure applied on hepatic cells and performing actions that are not possible in real life.