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IMMUNOTHERAPY
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With some tweaks, CAR-T cancer therapy could be made safer — and more widely available — study suggests

By Damian Garde

Human T cells showing nuclei
In the Lab

CAR-Ts can beat back some cancers. Researchers are trying to adapt them to work in other diseases

By Andrew Joseph

Tape measure helix
Health

A new genetic test can offer clues — and only clues — to a person’s risk of obesity

By Rebecca Robbins

Morrisey STM image
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CRISPR edits lung-disease gene in utero, hitting only the affected organ in a mouse study

By Sharon Begley

Pig
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The pigs were dead. But four hours later, scientists restored cellular functions in their brains

By Sharon Begley

He Jiankui speaks in HK
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Stanford clears three faculty members of ‘CRISPR babies’ involvement

By Sharon Begley

Gene editing hopes illo
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As calls mount to ban embryo editing with CRISPR, families hit by inherited diseases say, not so fast

By Sharon Begley

Pile of mice
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It’s just in mice! This scientist is calling out hype in science reporting

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Can opener
In the Lab

New study reveals HIV’s vulnerabilities, opening up possibilities for complementary therapies

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Boston University
Health

Zapping brain with precise electrical current boosts working memory in older adults, study finds

By Sharon Begley

Michigan Medicine
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Michigan tops STAT Madness voting with a potential treatment for tinnitus

By Elizabeth Cooney

Jaenisch-Liu
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In STAT Madness, CRISPR tools to treat brain disorders capture Editors’ Pick

By Sharon Begley

UCLA campus
Go West

Staff scientists at the University of California set to form a first-of-its-kind union

By Rebecca Robbins

Internalized bacteriophage
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Viruses act as decoys, study finds, helping bacteria evade the immune system

By Eric Boodman

DNA sequence
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The case of a woman who feels almost no pain leads scientists to a new gene mutation

By Jacquelyn Corley

E Coli
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Probiotics evolve inside mice, a path that could affect humans, too

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Dentate gyrus neurons
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Old brains still make neurons, study finds, offering a possible way to protect against Alzheimer’s

By Sharon Begley

Amyloid-Plaques
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Alzheimer’s and amyloid: ‘It’s time to do something else’

By Sharon Begley

Grady Picture at 2 weeks
Health

A monkey born from frozen testicular tissue offers fertility hope to pediatric cancer survivors

By Andrew Joseph

Rollercoaster - Up and Down
In the Lab

CRISPR is ascending again, after scientists find ‘elegant’ fix for cancer worry

By Sharon Begley

Nothing to Sneeze At: Inspiration and Respiration in a Dish
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Peering inside life’s microworld: MIT’s 2019 image award winners

By Sharon Begley

Peggy Hamburg
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World Health Organization advisers call for registry of studies on human genome editing

By Sharon Begley

Open capsules
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Overlooked inactive ingredients in pills can trigger allergic reactions, study finds

By Shraddha Chakradhar

He Jiankui arrives to speak
In the Lab

Leading scientists, backed by NIH, call for a global moratorium on creating ‘CRISPR babies’

By Sharon Begley

Harvard
In the Lab

Hedge fund investing $100 million in Harvard drug research

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Infant blood test
Health

With a closer look at immune systems, scientists hope to steer infants back onto a healthy track

By Helen Branswell

“World Map Genome illustration”
In the Lab

Buffalo gave us spicy wings and the ‘book of life.’ Here’s why that’s undermining personalized medicine

By Sharon Begley

Scott Robinson
Biotech

It costs $4,600 a month to rent a lab bench here. For startups, it’s the place to be

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Great Hall of the People in Beijing
Exclusive

China creating national medical ethics committee to oversee high-risk clinical trials

By Jane Qiu

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