STAT+: A new mom’s illness led to the first diagnosis of a rare condition after childbirth
Figuring out the right medical diagnosis for patients can be a tricky process. The recent…
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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…
STAT+: SEC wants to know if key supplier of research monkeys bribed foreign officials
A U.S. government probe into a monkey-smuggling operation emanating from Cambodia has gone in a…
Opinion: Philanthropic endowments at universities can offer a way out of biotech’s Valley of Death
So many promising medical innovations never reach their full potential as therapies or cures, languishing…
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…
STAT+: Genentech weighs slow-walking ovarian cancer therapy to make more money under drug pricing reform
WASHINGTON — Plenty of pharmaceutical executives have decried Democrats’ new drug pricing law as detrimental…
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…
‘Underwhelming’: NIH trials fail to test meaningful long Covid treatments — after 2.5 years and $1 billion
More than 2.5 years after the National Institutes of Health received a $1 billion mandate…
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Half of people worldwide at risk of developing mental health condition by age 75, per new study
By the age of 75, half of people worldwide can expect to experience a mental…
‘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+: Vertex non-opioid therapy reduced pain in mid-stage trials, study shows
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has spent decades trying to develop molecules that reduce pain safely and potently,…
Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role at NIH
WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes…
Opinion: I’m a tick biologist whose body seems to kill off ticks
Sometimes people call me “the tick guy,” but I’m a mammal guy by training. Although…
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…
Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan ‘moonshot’ effort
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced…
STAT+: European Commission accelerates phasing out animal testing, but stops short of a ban
After months of deliberation, the European Commission has agreed to accelerate the phasing out of…
STAT+: A new lobby shop looks to remind Congress about NIH’s translational research arm
WASHINGTON — Christopher Austin was the first director of a then-tiny National Institutes of Health…
Opinion: Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and the new standards of scientific conduct
Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who will step down from his position Aug. 31, was initially…
Opinion: Gain-of-function research is about much more than dangerous pathogens
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and…
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…
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 —…
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…
Celiac study examines precisely how gluten triggers injury to intestine
For a person with celiac disease, eating a bagel goes something like this: chewing and…
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…
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…
STAT+: NIH halts funding for Colombian facilities accused of abusing animals
The U.S. National Institutes of Health late last month halted funding for a pair of…
A replacement for race: Medical experts explore how to eliminate bias in clinical algorithms
WASHINGTON — Most of the medical community has acknowledged that racism is baked into many…
STAT+: Global controversy heats up the race to build human embryos from stem cells
Earlier this month, a British journalist broke the news that researchers had taken a major…
STAT+: Doctors’ lobby doubles down on the fight against expanding open access to research
Doctors’ lobbyists in Washington tend to focus their energies on ensuring Medicare pays well, and…
Scientists successfully unfroze rat organs and transplanted them — a ‘historic’ step that could someday transform transplant medicine
The rat kidney was peculiarly beautiful — an edgeless viscera about the size of a…
Testosterone supplementation not linked to heart attacks in study, reversing earlier finding
Testosterone supplementation in men with low levels of the hormone did not increase the risk…
STAT+: USDA to push food producers to substantiate claims that animals are raised without antibiotics
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a program to ensure food producers substantiate claims…
Bacterial infection may be ‘key event’ in common but mysterious endometriosis, study says
Endometriosis, a common gynecological condition, is one of health’s great mimickers. It can manifest as…
Muzzled for years, vindicated MIT professor says fraud investigation into his lab did lasting damage
For three years, nine months, and one week, Ram Sasisekharan lived under a gag order….
Obesity impairs brain responses to nutrients, even after weight loss, study finds
Brain responses to nutrients in the gut are impaired in people with obesity, and that…
How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant
The scientific paper inspired international headlines with its bold claim that the combination of brain…
STAT+: Study finds supplements of amino acid taurine slow aging in mice and monkeys
The first clue was blind cats. About 50 years ago, K.C. Hayes, a professor of…
Opinion: Why brain decoding is not mind reading — and why that matters
Recently, my colleagues and I published a study on decoding language from brain recordings made…
‘We arguably saved their lives’: Newborn DNA-sequencing reveals elevated cancer risks for parents
Ten years ago, clinicians in a handful of hospitals around the United States began sequencing…
Akero’s NASH drug combined with Ozempic cut liver fat in small study
GLP-1s, a class of drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy that have become widely popular for…
STAT+: Debt ceiling deal could mean cancer, disease research cuts, advocates warn
WASHINGTON — Researchers and health care advocates are warning that the debt ceiling deal would…
House Republicans demand career scientist explain pathogen research
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on federal agencies’ pandemic response with an…
Ketamine is comparable to ECT for patients with treatment-resistant depression, study shows
When seriously depressed patients don’t respond to antidepressants, the alternatives are limited. Now a new…
STAT+: Immunotherapy turned brain cancers from ‘cold’ to ‘hot’ in mouse study, as clinical trials advance
LONDON — The promise of immunotherapies to treat cancer has yet to reach brain tumors….
STAT+: Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, too
CONCORD, N.H. — Veronica Dane had always been active, from playing soccer as a kid…
Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effective, study argues
In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force convened to determine whether it should…
STAT+: In early trial, drug appears to reduce harmful protein buildup in heart
An early-stage drug for a heart disease called ATTR-CM showed potential to reverse disease progression,…
STAT+: In its first tough test, CRISPR epigenome editing cuts cholesterol levels in monkeys
A defanged form of CRISPR, which doesn’t slice or nick DNA, but rather alters the…
STAT+: New Biden science agency ARPA-H launches first program, targeting bone regrowth
WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar science agency tasked with slashing through research bureaucracy will start its…