Overview
- Harvard scientist Jessica Whited leads a team studying axolotl limb regrowth at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
- Her lab lost almost all federal support a few months ago, creating a significant funding crisis.
- Recent federal court rulings restored the lab’s government funding for now, though the legal outcome remains uncertain.
- Six-year-old Marianne Cullen of Springfield raised about $1,000 for the lab through a self-made presentation and fundraiser.
- Whited said the child’s donation delivered a strong morale boost, with researchers left “flabbergasted.”