research

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

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

The Obesity Revolution Elaine Chen and Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: The Ozempic revolution is rooted in the work of Svetlana Mojsov, yet she’s been edged out of the story

Politics Sarah Owermohle and Lev Facher

STAT Plus: ARPA-H finally settles on its headquarters: hubs in Boston, Texas, and D.C.

Biotech Robert Weisman — Boston Globe and Jon Chesto — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Cambridge announced as ‘investor catalyst’ hub for ARPA-H

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Will a government shutdown stall Medicare drug price negotiations?

Health Annalisa Merelli

Nurses and health care support workers at higher risk of suicide, study finds

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

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

Health Theresa Gaffney

Randomized controlled trials are the ‘gold standard’ of research — but a difficult fit for trans care

Health Associated Press

Pig kidney works a record two months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants

Health Usha Lee McFarling

The ‘Hispanic Paradox’ intrigues a new generation of researchers determined to unravel it

Politics Sarah Owermohle and Angus Chen

STAT Plus: What to make of Biden’s latest Cancer Moonshot efforts

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Neurocrine Biosciences drug for congenital adrenal hyperplasia succeeds in late-stage trial

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Crinetics acromegaly drug succeeds in late-stage trial but would face stiff competition if approved

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: NIH nominee Bertagnolli will get a confirmation hearing next month, Sanders says

Health Deborah Balthazar

Obesity-related cardiovascular deaths tripled in the last two decades, new study finds

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: A new House health package & hospitals’ new site-neutral talking points

Health Deborah Balthazar

What could fix cancer clinical trials’ longstanding diversity problem?

Health Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: In boon for scientists, U.K. strikes deal to join E.U. Horizon research program

Health Usha Lee McFarling

How a ‘weighted lottery’ helped underserved patients get a scarce Covid drug

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: AstraZeneca bets that gene therapy’s workhorse will still deliver the goods

In the Lab Jason Mast

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

Health Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: One dose of psilocybin may have lasting effects on major depression, study finds

Special Report Sadia Rafiquddin

No longer brushed off: A Minnesota clinic tries to rewrite medicine’s approach to miscarriage

Hospitals Deborah Balthazar

Female surgeons have lower rates of long-term adverse outcomes than their male peers, study finds

On Target Angus Chen and Bree Iskandar

STAT Plus: KRAS, the ideal cancer drug target that became ‘undruggable,’ takes on a new glow

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

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

Pharmalot Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: This fall’s COVID booster rollout; approval for Pfizer’s RSV vaccine

Health Theresa Gaffney

What a review of gender-affirming care research by a top pediatrics group actually means

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Abortion policy in the spotlight, DeSantis’ importation showdown, and new price hike analysis