As a Logic song topped the charts, helpline saw more calls and fewer suicides
During the time that a song whose title is the number of a national suicide…
Category: research
STAT+: More potent version of Global Blood sickle-cell drug improves hemoglobin response in small study
Global Blood Therapeutics said Monday that an experimental treatment for sickle cell disease nearly doubled…
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STAT+: Mutations tied to blood cancers and other diseases may surprisingly protect against Alzheimer’s
ATLANTA — When key mutations strike bone marrow stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells,…
Opinion: STAT+: Maintaining trust in science is crucial to public health. Here’s how the biopharma industry can help
Against declining trust in traditional news sources and institutions that provide data and information, the…
A decade without data: Eating disorder researchers say a gap in CDC survey has left them flying blind
Eating disorders among youth have been on the rise since the pandemic started — adolescent…
In Minneapolis, home to George Floyd, heavy policing is tied to higher rates of preterm births
The longstanding toll of police violence on Black communities came into sharp relief last year…
STAT+: In the blood of marathoning mice, scientists find clues to how exercise benefits the brain
If you give a mouse a wheel, it will run, and run, and run: between…
STAT+: ‘A multi-decade journey’: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invests another $3.4 billion to advance scientific tools
As Mark Zuckerberg aims to build his social network empire into the foundation for a…
Is cancer biology research reproducible? After a decade of work, the answer still isn’t clear
Replication is something of a litmus test for scientific truth, and cancer biologists at the…
We’ll know more soon about Omicron. Here’s how to interpret the coming flood of data
At some point in the next few weeks, scientists will start releasing data from lab…
Most advanced lab-grown human embryos prompt a pressing question: Are they getting too real?
The stem cells were no more than a week old when scientists moved them from…
Despite interventions, Black and Hispanic men are contracting HIV at the same rates as 10 years ago
Despite numerous advances in the prevention of HIV, new data show that the rate of…
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STAT+: Injecting cancer patients with genetically engineered viruses could be a ‘rock star’ therapy. Why hasn’t it taken off?
Stacy Erholtz had run out of options. At the age of 49, she had already…
New research casts fresh doubt on a common procedure that promises to increase the odds of IVF
A common IVF procedure offered to patients with the promise of increasing their likelihood of…
STAT+: 4 food allergy immunotherapy companies to watch
More and more children are developing food allergies — and biotech companies are springing up…
The ‘active grandparent hypothesis’: New research explores how we’ve evolved to move more and live longer
Evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman takes the long view of physical activity. His name has been…
A new, gel-based wearable can catch infections before the naked eye can
A team of researchers has designed a wearable sensor that, in preliminary testing, identified infections…
Lessons from a Flint water crisis researcher about building trust in science during the pandemic
Siddhartha Roy was only a graduate student in 2015 when he found himself in the…
Nancy Hopkins, pioneering biologist and advocate for gender equity in science, wins STAT Biomedical Innovation Award
Nancy Hopkins, an MIT professor who has made significant strides in molecular biology and a…
Scientists report finding a second person to be ‘naturally’ cured of HIV, raising hopes for future treatments
One evening in March 2020, a doctor walked out of a hospital in the Argentine…
STAT+: Conflicts of interest exist among editors and authors of widely used psychopharmacology textbooks
Amid ongoing concerns over conflicts of interest that may affect medical practice, a new analysis…
Opinion: Why two emergency physicians’ kids took part in the Pfizer vaccine trials
Cue the collective sigh of relief from many parents across the country. While the Pfizer-BioNTech…
Using optogenetics, scientists pinpoint the location and timing of memory formation in mice
A mouse finds itself in a box it’s seen before; inside, its white walls are…
5 years of progress: The first STAT Wunderkinds on their biggest challenges and proudest moments in science
Next week, STAT will unveil its fifth class of Wunderkinds, a group of doctors and…
Opinion: Listen: A patient and a nephrologist on how using race in kidney testing puts lives at risk
Ever since medicine adopted a race-based formula to assess kidney health in the mid-2000s, some…
Largest psilocybin trial finds the psychedelic is effective in treating serious depression
Eagerly awaited results of the largest-ever study of psilocybin were announced Tuesday, with Compass Pathways…
Opinion: Is the debate over the origin of Covid-19 still worth having?
The American public is understandably interested in how a pandemic that has killed nearly 750,000…
STAT+: Scientists find a clue to why some people have ‘Alzheimer’s brains’ but no dementia
Defective proteins clump into toxic plaques and tangles. Plaques of amyloid and tau tangles kill…
Opinion: Listen: An antibiotic expert on her body’s stinging betrayal
Natalie Ma knows a lot about antibiotics. She’s familiar with the consequences of antibiotic resistance…
The vast majority of genes have been tied to cancer — and that can complicate research
João Pedro de Magalhães scours the human genome for clues that might help us understand…
STAT+: Cortexyme’s bacteria-fighting Alzheimer’s drug fails primary goal, but company sees a path forward
A novel approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease failed to preserve memory and function in a…
STAT+: Licensing biotech breakthroughs is a contentious, painful slog. Can the process be fixed?
Students, employees, and professors at a research institution generally pledge that in the event they…
Opinion: For prenatal care, more doesn’t necessarily mean better
Most pregnant people receive prenatal care today in much the same way their mothers or…
STAT+: In research on mice, scientists use light to paint to a more precise target for CAR-T to attack tumors
In a dark lab, a sedated mouse laid face down on the counter, its backside…
Athira chief executive resigns as company confirms she altered research
The chief executive of biotech Athira Pharma has permanently left the company after papers she…
Opinion: What the death rattle and capital punishment have in common
Death rattle. That’s the sound some dying people make, caused by a buildup of mucus…
Philanthropist-funded study at a prestigious hospital raises thorny questions about clinical research
The opportunity seemed too good to pass up. It was 2020, and the CEO of…
Sex of the fetus influences the mother’s response to Covid-19 infection, new research shows
In April 2020, as SARS-CoV-2 was first beginning to spread through New England, researchers at…
STAT+: New CRISPR tools could fix diseases caused by large DNA rearrangements, scientists report
Ever since the now Nobel-winning discovery of CRISPR genome editing in 2020, scientists have been…
‘Sociability’ hormone oxytocin didn’t help kids with autism, study finds
Children with autism didn’t benefit from an experimental therapy made with a hormone thought to…
Mouse experiments with a decades-old drug suggest a new approach to Alzheimer’s treatment
A generic drug used widely to treat swelling associated with hypertension and heart failure showed…
Two scientists win chemistry Nobel for discovering a new way to construct molecules, speeding up drug development
Scientists Benjamin List and David MacMillan won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discovering…
‘Information alone is not enough’: New Jackson Heart Study leader commits to putting research into action
There’s a reason why the nation’s largest and longest-running study of cardiovascular disease in African…
In research first, jolts from a customized brain implant provided immediate relief to a severely depressed patient, scientists say
When Sarah, 36 years old and severely depressed, sat down in a lab with a…
Two scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for how we sense temperature and touch
Two California-based scientists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday…
Listen: Health equity ‘tourism,’ an $11B biopharma acquisition, & a bony Covid protest
An $11 billion biopharma acquisition. Health equity “tourism.” And, where can you buy a 12-foot…
STAT+: Genetic information can be messy. Mapping proteins could offer a clearer view of what’s driving cancer
Scientists have unveiled new maps of the protein networks underlying different types of cancer, offering…
Side effect rates from a third Covid-19 vaccine dose similar to those after second shot, early data indicate
People who’ve received a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine are reporting rates of side…
Opinion: Paying participants isn’t the way to improve clinical trial recruitment
It’s notoriously difficult to recruit people to participate in clinical trials. It’s even harder to…
Opinion: Space-bound billionaires can help make the world a healthier place through research
SpaceX Inspiration4, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, recently orbited the Earth for three days with…