In the Lab

In the Lab Mark Arsenault — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science position in Prague

In the Lab Matthew Herper

In experiment, electrical stimulation of the spinal cord helps a patient with Parkinson’s to walk

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Rats have an imagination, too, researchers show with brain implants

Health Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: Could kidney transplant patients be spared a lifetime of immunosuppressants?

Health Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: New insights into how tumor cells hijack brain plasticity to drive cancer

Health Justin Chen

The scientist studying how fugitive fetal cells may affect maternal health

In the Lab Megan Molteni

After Gaza tweet, firing of life sciences journal editor sparks freedom of speech concerns

In the Lab Jason Mast

Giant sloths and woolly mammoths: Mining past creatures’ DNA for future antibiotics

Health Annalisa Merelli and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: A controversial new study examines traditional Chinese medicine’s potential cardiac benefits

Health Deborah Balthazar

Maternal Covid-19 vaccination offers infants immunity for up to 6 months

Health Theresa Gaffney

Michael J. Fox on how far Parkinson’s research has come: ‘We don’t want to be celebrated. We want to get things done’

In the Lab Anika Nayak

How rising stars in science and medicine think about mentorship and bouncing back from rejection

Exclusive Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Zuckerberg and Chan announce a New York biohub to build disease-fighting cellular machines

In the Lab Anika Nayak

He was named a MacArthur ‘genius’ fellow for research on gene regulation, but still has imposter syndrome

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Like a vampire, some cancer cells can suck the energy source from immune cells

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Scientists have mapped the human brain in unprecedented detail. They’re just getting started

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

To protect chickens from bird flu, researchers try to CRISPR in immunity

Health tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: The ‘model-eat-model world’ of clinical AI: How predictive power becomes a pitfall

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

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

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

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

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

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?