Tag: Skin

  • Nation & World

    Looking at lunglessness

    A recent study shows that a gene that produces surfactant protein c — a key protein for lung function — is expressed in the skin and mouths of lungless salamanders, suggesting it also plays an important role for cutaneous respiration.

    6 minutes
    Desmognathus fuscus. That is one of the lungless salamanders featured in the study
  • Nation & World

    Recalling a lab-led rescue

    Professor Howard Green stumbled across a skin transplant technique that involved growing keratinocytes into full skin layers, making him a pioneer in regenerative medicine.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Safer tanning?

    Harvard researchers have found a molecular switch that may someday make it possible to get a tan without exposure to harmful UV rays.

    3 minutes