Study suggests healing skin without scarring may be possible
New findings by Harvard stem cell biologists suggest it may be possible in the future to regrow wounded skin without scarring.
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How inflammation may prime the gut for cancer
A study in mice suggests that even intestinal cells that appear healthy may hold epigenetic “memories” of earlier bouts of inflammation that can promote colon cancer later in life.
A clear roadmap for engineering combs of light
Insights into electro-optic frequency combs could lead to new applications.
Class curiosity spouts river thesis
Can a river be a living entity? Harvard College senior Hassan Looky, a joint concentrator in anthropology and history, is asking this very question as he focuses his thesis on the rights of the Yarra River (Birrarung) in Melbourne, Australia.