Tag: Developmental biology

  • Nation & World

    Big advance against cystic fibrosis

    Harvard stem cell researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken a critical step toward discovering in the relatively near future a drug to control cystic fibrosis, a fatal lung disease that claims about 500 lives each year, with 1,000 new cases diagnosed annually.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘A timeout from your regular life’

    Scientist Benny Shilo left his developmental biology lab to spend a year as a fellow at Radcliffe, where he explores the intersection of art and science to foster greater public understanding.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bird, meet cousin alligator

    Assistant professor Arkhat Abzhanov looks to birds’ relatives by way of dinosaurs — alligators — for clues to their evolution.

    5 minutes