In the Lab Isabella Cueto STAT Plus: Scientists inch closer to single-shot gene editing cure for blood disorders
In the Lab Deborah Balthazar Statins reduce cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, new global study finds
In the Lab Jonathan Wosen and Annalisa Merelli Critics and defenders weigh in on Stanford president’s resignation after research investigation
In the Lab Jonathan Wosen STAT Plus: Stanford president’s departure begs the question: Who takes the credit — or blame — in team science?
In the Lab Abdullahi Tsanni These proteins could predict dementia risk decades before symptoms, new study suggests
In the Lab Jonathan Wosen Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research
In the Lab Isabella Cueto The kidney, in all its complexity, is captured in an atlas that could aid disease research
In the Lab Megan Molteni Genetic cheat code might explain why some people catch Covid but never get sick
In the Lab Andrew Joseph Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s
In the Lab Bree Iskandar Doctors use precision medicine to show melanoma drugs can shrink rare brain tumor by 90%
In the Lab Bree Iskandar A young girl’s custom gene therapy hints at a framework for tailored rare disease treatments
In the Lab Jonathan Wosen A new study of sick infants sees potential in DNA sequencing, but also a need for better ways to interpret the genome
In the Lab Brittany Trang STAT Plus: NIH fellows, weighing a union, want a pay raise. Will that mean less money for grants?
The Obesity Revolution Megan Molteni STAT Plus: How the new weight loss drugs could upend our understanding of craving, desire, and addiction
In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney Why depression after traumatic brain injury is distinct — and less likely to respond to standard treatment
In the Lab Megan Molteni STAT Plus: Global controversy heats up the race to build human embryo models from stem cells
Politics Helen Branswell STAT Plus: House GOP inquiry over gain-of-function research targets a scientific giant
In the Lab Marion Renault Scientists successfully unfroze rat organs and transplanted them — a ‘historic’ step that could someday transform transplant medicine
In the Lab Damian Garde Muzzled for years, vindicated MIT professor says fraud investigation into his lab did lasting damage
In the Lab Damian Garde STAT Plus: Study finds supplements of amino acid taurine slow aging in mice and monkeys
First Opinion Kimberly M. Baker Want to help with medical breakthroughs? Donate some extra cells to a biobank
Special Report Jonathan Wosen Academia’s postdoc system is teetering, imperiling efforts to diversify life sciences
In the Lab Andrew Joseph STAT Plus: Immunotherapy turned brain cancers from ‘cold’ to ‘hot’ in mouse study, as clinical trials advance
Health Tech Lizzy Lawrence STAT Plus: Soft, stretchable electronic skin could reconstruct the sense of touch
In the Lab Andrew Joseph Study: Rare genetic mutation appears to have protected second person from early Alzheimer’s
Exclusive Megan Molteni From fusion to retooling cancer trials, Eric Lander wants his new group to ‘go after big problems’
In the Lab Jonathan Wosen STAT Plus: Scientists use ‘mini-brains’ to study microglia, the brain’s cleanup crew and key players in neurological disease
In the Lab Megan Molteni Human ‘pangenome’ published, with goal of making genomics more useful for diverse populations