Tag: Skin

  • Science & Tech

    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.

    Desmognathus fuscus. That is one of the lungless salamanders featured in the study
  • Health

    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.

  • Health

    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.