The ‘Holy Grail’ of blood-vessel insight 9.24.08
Sitting in his office on the fourth floor of Kline Biology Tower, Craig Crews, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, explains his initial curiosity that led him to research at Yale. TNP-470, a small molecule of interest that seemed to prevent the growth of blood vasculature, had “been found in humans, but we had no idea how it worked — which surprised me. So in 1995 I began my Yale career examining that question.”
