1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/Pigment tied to blindness, cancer: — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="J2zvkU4Arb"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/02/pigment-tied-to-blindness-cancer/">Pigment tied to blindness, cancer:</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/02/pigment-tied-to-blindness-cancer/embed/#?secret=J2zvkU4Arb" width="600" height="338" title="“Pigment tied to blindness, cancer:” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="J2zvkU4Arb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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For a long time, scientists have wondered why blacks seldom get skin cancer or macular degeneration, the major cause of blindness in elderly white people. Experiments at the Childrens Hospital in Boston have yielded one possible answer - the black pigment called melanin apparently protects them in a peculiar way.https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2003/02/06-thalidomide1-450.jpg