The first vaccine for the increasingly prevalent chikungunya virus is here
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Eli Lilly tries a rare tactic: competing on price
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Why do some CAR-T cancer patients have severe complications? Data points to latent virus
The therapy, an infusion of CAR-T cells designed to kill the lymphoma, was going well….
BioMarin’s new CEO inherits a profitable company, a pioneering gene therapy, and a brewing activist challenge
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Senate confirms NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli
Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s…
Your morning biotech news roundup
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In experiment, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord helps a patient with Parkinson’s to walk
An experimental treatment that delivers an electrical current to the spinal cord appeared to notably…
XBI biotech index rises, giving investors a shred of hope
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Shrinking COVID vaccine sales has Moderna course-correcting
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Rats have an imagination, too, researchers show with brain implants
Our minds have a weird and wondrous way of transporting us to other places and…
STAT+: Could kidney transplant patients be spared a lifetime of immunosuppressants?
Kidney transplants are the most common organ transplant procedure in the U.S., with 25,000 taking…
Novo Nordisk is concluding research on Wegovy’s impact on osteoarthritis
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STAT+: New insights into how tumor cells hijack brain plasticity to drive cancer
The idea that cancer can hijack brain plasticity — subverting supple connections in the healthy…
Gene editing has had a big week in the spotlight. Here’s what’s going on
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The scientist studying how fugitive fetal cells may affect maternal health
Chimeras — fantastical creatures composed of different animal parts — have appeared across cultures representing…
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La ‘paradoja hispana’ intriga a una nueva generación de investigadores decididos a resolverla
Read in English | Leer en inglés. Durante 40 años, los investigadores han intentado sin…
Your Monday morning biotech news roundup
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STAT+: In major test for prime editing, scientists succesfully correct mutations in monkeys
Prime Medicine said Friday it successfully used a new, ultra-versatile form of genetic surgery called…
STAT+: ARPA-H head Renee Wegrzyn on the agency’s new Cambridge hub and plans for cancer research
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — In an area long known as an epicenter of innovation and investment…
Discovery that chimpanzees go through menopause challenges ‘grandmother hypothesis’
Chimpanzees — they’re just like us. Female chimps, it turns out, go through menopause, and…
Pfizer’s twice daily pill for obesity hopes to rival Wegovy and Mounjaro
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After Gaza tweet, firing of life sciences journal editor sparks freedom of speech concerns
Pioneering life sciences journal eLife finds itself at the center of a white-hot furor after…
Giant sloths and woolly mammoths: Mining past creatures’ DNA for future antibiotics
PHILADELPHIA — Cesar de la Fuente believes the next breakthrough antibiotic might come from animals…
STAT+: A controversial new study examines traditional Chinese medicine’s potential cardiac benefits
A traditional Chinese medicine compound used for cardiac benefits might help reduce the incidence of…
Why AstraZeneca’s CEO is accusing British tabloids of ‘fake news’
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Johnson & Johnson antiviral pill for dengue shows early efficacy
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Why Biogen is purposefully becoming more risk averse, according to Biogen’s CEO
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Michael J. Fox on how far Parkinson’s research has come: “We don’t want to be celebrated. We want to get things done.”
When Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29, his clearest symptom…
STAT+: Zuckerberg and Chan on track to put $50 billion toward science: ‘That’s the trajectory we’re on’
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan sit atop a fortune that is currently valued at $113…
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…
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…
Lotte Knudsen, who pushed Novo Nordisk into the Ozempic era, wins STAT Innovation award
Back in the 1990s, scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen was tasked with revitalizing a floundering program…
STAT+: NIH confirmation hearing highlights just how divisive the agency’s portfolio has become
Monica Bertagnolli, President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, spent her confirmation…
Wegovy doesn’t work for everyone, and no one’s quite sure why
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STAT+: Why doesn’t everyone lose weight on Ozempic-type drugs? Researchers look for genetic clues
DALLAS — Treatments like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro have been hailed for showing 15% to…
Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap
Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting…
As Pfizer slashes revenue projections, Moderna says it “remains comfortable”
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Measuring the long-term cost of restricting abortion access
When Diana Greene Foster and her team at the University of California, San Francisco, started…
Watch: A conversation with the 2023 STAT Wunderkinds
Each year, STAT sets out to celebrate the unheralded heroes of science and medicine, poring…
Studies highlight risks of excluding people with obesity from drug trials
People with obesity often go underrepresented in drug development trials, a critical gap that researchers…
Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog’
If you’ve been following the mystery of long Covid since it emerged in 2020, you’ll…
STAT+: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines…
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…
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…
In major test for eGenesis, gene-edited pig kidneys kept monkeys alive for more than two years
Scientists at a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company and their academic research partners reported Wednesday that an…
Chronic kidney disease raises risk of sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanics and Latinos
Chronic kidney disease was the strongest risk factor for sudden cardiac arrest among Hispanic and…
Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health care, even on abortion
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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…
Inflammation gets its own research center, thanks to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
CHICAGO — At what point does inflammation, a key component of the body’s immune defense…
STAT+: Long underappreciated, gamma-delta T cells may be key to colon cancer defense, study says
Within the linings of our guts, immune cells patrol like sentries on a castle wall….