Philanthropic Impact: Meeting the moment
Unrestricted gifts help the School’s researchers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health became a local, national, and international hub for evidence-based information about the pandemic, all while facing constant challenges…
Newly discovered mechanism for cellular migration has implications for embryonic development, cancer metastasis, and tissue regeneration
October 15, 2020 – The trillions of cells that make up our body are typically stationary. They stay at a fixed location, tightly attached to neighboring cells by so-called “adhesion molecules,” a sort of biological superglue. On certain…
Sandcastles and surprising origins of basic cellular functions
Finding links physics of granular systems to biology of asthma and embryonic development For immediate release: April 2, 2018 Boston, MA – Cells comprising a tissue can pack into disorderly geometries much as do grains of sand in…
No traffic jams in asthmatic cells
Finding offers insight into mechanisms of asthma, other diseases August 11, 2015 -- An unexpected new discovery—that, in people with asthma, the cells that line the airways in the lungs are unusually shaped and “scramble around like there’s…
