In Review

(Photo: Adam Fenster)

TADPOLE TALES: The transparent skin of tadpoles from a species of frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa is providing researchers around the world with an unusual window into the genomics and immunology of cancer. Home to the Xenopus Research Center—named for the African clawed frog, or Xenopus laevis—the Medical Center provides materials, training, and specimens to researchers across the globe as a way to better understand how tumors grow and how biological systems react to cancerous cells.