How rising stars in science and medicine think about mentorship and bouncing back from rejection
At the age of 26, Lauren Ghazal was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just months into…
Category: In the Lab
Zuckerberg and Chan announce a New York biohub to build disease-fighting cellular machines
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, will announce on…
He was named a MacArthur ‘genius’ fellow for research on gene regulation, but still has imposter syndrome
The youngest of this year’s class of MacArthur “genius grant” fellows, 35-year-old Jason Buenrostro was…
STAT+: Like a vampire, some cancer cells can suck the energy source from immune cells
As elite hunters of the immune system, T cells are constantly prowling our bodies for…
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STAT+: Scientists have mapped the human brain in unprecedented detail. They’re just getting started
The brain remains both the body’s most important organ and its least understood. But a…
To protect chickens from bird flu, researchers try to CRISPR in immunity
LONDON — In this case, it was neither the chicken nor the egg that came…
The ‘model-eat-model world’ of clinical AI: How predictive power becomes a pitfall
A growing number of AI tools are being used to predict everything from sepsis to…
Esketamine tops quetiapine for treatment-resistant depression in head-to-head trial
Nasal esketamine spray is more effective than an extended-release antipsychotic, when both are taken in…
2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Trio win for quantum dots discoveries that revolutionized nanotechnology
The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for the discovery…
2023 Nobel Prize winner: Physics award goes to trio for electron breakthroughs
LONDON — Three scientists whose work on electrons widened the world’s understanding of the particles’…
STAT+: Nobel Prize, in a rarity, celebrates a fruitful and durable partnership
The most noteworthy aspect of awarding the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology to two…
2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karikó, Weissman awarded prize for mRNA research
Two pioneers of mRNA research — the technology that helped the world tame the virus…
Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem
Louis Picker is nervous. Last month, the first volunteer was injected with an HIV vaccine…
Exodus of life scientists from academia reaches historic levels, new data show
New data released Thursday by the National Science Foundation show the exodus of young life…
Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data
For all their potential to drive changes in health, wearables have struggled to gain a…
Octopus tentacles inspired a new drug delivery patch that sticks to the inside of your cheek
The story of the latest development in drug administration technology — a mouth patch that…
AlphaFold developers and eye scan inventors among Lasker Award winners for 2023
The prestigious Lasker Awards for biomedical research are sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobel,” and…
STAT+: They carry a gene for ALS but aren’t sick. What does medical research owe them?
Nine months after her mom died of ALS, Jean Swidler walked into a doctor’s office…
Researchers use AI to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression
Researchers say they’ve been able to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression through brain scans —…
STAT+: Graduate students accuse University of California of wage theft, just months after strike was settled
University of California graduate students were thrilled last December when they won what they thought…
STAT+: Sly CAR-T strategy evades ‘fratricide’ problem to aim at all blood cancers
The problem with the plan was fratricide, among other wanton cellular murders. Saar Gill and…
STAT+: Departing Stanford president retracts two widely cited papers, against lead author’s wishes
After an expansive investigation found manipulated data and other issues with papers co-authored by Stanford’s…
An effort to diversify genetic research finds new variant for Parkinson’s disease in African populations
A group of Nigerian, British, and U.S. doctors have discovered a genetic variant that increases…
STAT+: The first complete sequence of Y chromosome offers chance to solve longstanding genetic mysteries
Two years ago, when an international team of scientists announced it had finally sequenced and…
STAT+: An innovative eye stem cell transplant could help restore vision in people with chemical injuries
The first time Phillip Durst saw the big A on the chart, he could hardly…
New definition of a human embryo proposed amid rapid scientific advances
When someone says the word embryo, what do you think of? Probably that picture you’ve…
STAT+: Schizophrenia gene found to be linked to energy dysfunction in brain cells
The heritable nature of schizophrenia has been known for about a century. But researchers are…
Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, tracking a virus with pandemic potential
HELSINKI — It was the quiet that stood out to Tarja Sironen at the fur…
STAT+: A yogurt drink instead of a colonoscopy? Study uses engineered bacteria to detect cancer
Dan Worthley, a gastroenterologist and cancer scientist at Colonoscopy Clinic in Brisbane, Australia, does thousands…
Study mapping how SARS-CoV-2 disrupts mitochondria suggests a cause for long Covid
In yet another example of Covid’s seemingly limitless reach into our bodies, new research maps…
A new study put period products through the wringer. Discs came out a winner
There are many period products on the market from pads, tampons and cups to discs….
‘Ancient DNA’ tools and 23andMe database uncover African American ancestries of thousands
New research that combines technology to sequence “ancient DNA” with direct-to-consumer genetic testing has identified…
STAT+: Study proposing microbiome-based cancer diagnostic comes under fire
Micronoma, a San Diego-based biotech startup, was founded on the idea that signatures from microbes…
STAT+: Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Puck has successfully treated 10 children with a gene therapy for a…
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STAT+: Scientists inch closer to single-shot gene editing cure for blood disorders
What is the best way to fix faulty blood cells, and do so for the…
Statins reduce cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, new global study finds
A statin a day reduces the risk of heart disease in younger people living with…
Stanford president’s abrupt departure after research misconduct investigation sparks debate
After Stanford University president and prominent neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced he would resign following an…
STAT+: Stanford president’s departure begs the question: Who takes the credit — or blame — in team science?
The resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne as president of Stanford University following an investigation into irregularities…
These proteins could predict dementia risk decades before symptoms, new study suggests
Can we predict the risk of dementia decades before onset? In a study published in…
Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research
In an abrupt turn, Stanford president and renowned neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he…
The kidney, in all its complexity, is captured in an atlas that could aid disease research
The kidneys are some of the most architecturally complex organs in the human body —…
Genetic cheat code might explain why some people catch Covid but never get sick
In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the new coronavirus still appeared to…
Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s
When the genome-editing tool CRISPR is thought of as a potential medicine, the targets that…
Doctors use precision medicine to show melanoma drugs can shrink rare brain tumor by 90%
By going down to the molecular level, doctors have uncovered a way to treat tumors…
A young girl’s custom gene therapy hints at a framework for tailored rare disease treatments
When Timothy Yu developed milasen, a custom drug for a young girl named Mila with…
A new study of sick infants sees potential in DNA sequencing, but also a need for better ways to interpret the genome
There’s growing evidence that DNA sequencing can help diagnose the health care system’s youngest patients…
STAT+: NIH fellows, weighing a union, want a pay raise. Will that mean less money for grants?
Several thousand research fellows at the National Institutes of Health want to unionize, in large…
STAT+: The new weight loss drugs are revolutionizing our understanding of desire. Food cravings could be just the beginning
One month it was pizza. Starting in the late afternoon, while he was teaching a…
Why depression after traumatic brain injury is distinct — and less likely to respond to standard treatment
Traumatic brain injury multiplies the risk of major depression eightfold. While the emotional trauma of…
As psychedelics near approval, there’s no consensus on how they work
DENVER — The founder of Field Trip, a chain of shuttered ketamine clinics currently facing…