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Examining the life science research that can drive corporate strategy, money and market share. Recent topics include gene therapy, Covid-19, new weight loss drugs, dementia and kidney disease.

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In the Lab Sharon Begley

‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth

Psilocybin microdoses have no effect on problem-solving and rational thinking but do improve a form of thinking underlying creativity, a study suggests.

Health Shanoor Seervai

Where does the female orgasm come from? Scientists think they know

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Exodus of life scientists from academia reaches historic levels, new data show

In the Lab Andrew Joseph and Deborah Balthazar

2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karikó, Weissman awarded prize for mRNA research

In the Lab Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem

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In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

Esketamine tops quetiapine for treatment-resistant depression in head-to-head trial

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Trio win for quantum dots discoveries that revolutionized nanotechnology

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In the Lab Andrew Joseph

2023 Nobel Prize winner: Physics award goes to trio for electron breakthroughs

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: In a rarity, Nobel Prize in medicine celebrates a fruitful and durable partnership

Health Tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

Octopus tentacles inspired a new drug delivery patch that sticks to the inside of your cheek

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

AlphaFold developers and eye scan inventors among Lasker Award winners for 2023

In the Lab Jason Mast

STAT Plus: They carry a gene for ALS but aren’t sick. What does medical research owe them?

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: Researchers use AI to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Graduate students accuse University of California of wage theft, just months after strike was settled

In the Lab Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Carl June unveils a plan for a ‘universal CAR-T’

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Departing Stanford president retracts two widely cited papers, against lead author’s wishes

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

An effort to diversify genetic research finds new variant for Parkinson’s disease in African populations

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: The first complete sequence of Y chromosome offers chance to solve longstanding genetic mysteries

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: An innovative eye stem cell transplant could help restore vision in people with chemical injuries

In the Lab Megan Molteni

New definition of a human embryo proposed amid rapid scientific advances

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Schizophrenia gene found to be linked to energy dysfunction in brain cells

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

Bird flu researchers turn to Finland’s mink farms, tracking a virus with pandemic potential

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: A yogurt drink instead of a colonoscopy? Study uses engineered bacteria to detect cancer

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

Study mapping how SARS-CoV-2 disrupts mitochondria suggests a cause for long Covid

In the Lab Deborah Balthazar

A new study put period products through the wringer. Discs came out a winner

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

STAT Plus: ‘Ancient DNA’ tools and 23andMe database uncover African American ancestries of thousands

Biotech Angus Chen and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Study proposing microbiome-based cancer diagnostic comes under fire

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution