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In the Lab

Putting the latest scientific research under the microscope

In the Lab

How a teen’s skin cells, transformed into a beating model of a heart, have spurred research

By Rebecca Robbins

In the Lab

DEA solicited applications to grow marijuana for research. It hasn’t approved one

By Andrew Joseph

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Health

This biotech aims to transform the diagnosis of mental illness. Michael Phelps backs it. Can it really work?

By Meghana Keshavan

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In the Lab

One big cancer breakthrough is likely on the way to patients. Here’s what may be coming next

By Damian Garde

In the Lab

Mice show signs of mental disorder after brains injected with cells from schizophrenic humans

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

Could cows be the vaccine factories of the future?

By Jonathan Wosen

In the Lab

How a wildlife biologist became a plague-chaser in the American Southwest

By Eric Boodman

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In the Know

Meet the chemist who’s working to come up with an ‘addiction vaccine’

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In the Lab

Trying a new tack: delivering insulin to the liver to control type 1 diabetes

By Jonathan Wosen

In the Lab

Top scientists sue Salk Institute for gender discrimination

By Associated Press

Pharma

GSK will explore extending its meningitis vaccine to gonorrhea

By Helen Branswell

In the Lab

Redeeming qualities for belly fat? When it’s actually the omentum, sure

By Kate Sheridan

Politics

NIH fetal tissue research would be barred under House panel’s spending plan

Biotech

Database sleuths turn up a surprising new drug to test against cancer

By Meghana Keshavan

In the Lab

How live animal markets create a perfect storm for bird flu

By Helen Branswell

In the Lab

Researchers use CRISPR to store a movie in living bacteria

By Hyacinth Empinado

In the Lab

DARTing to the right brain cells could help research and one day patients

By Andrew Joseph

In the Lab

Peek inside a lab growing cartilage to repair bum knees

By Rebecca Robbins

In the Lab

Vaccine shows protection against gonorrhea for first time, study says

By Helen Branswell

Health

Drink coffee? It won’t hurt you, and may reduce your risk of an early death

Health

Chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery might fuel metastasis

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

Scientists recreate an extinct virus, triggering new warnings about controversial research

By Helen Branswell

Hospitals

Gift from Allen Frontiers Group launches joint Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital brain center

By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

In the Lab

Personalized cancer vaccines vanquish melanoma in small but encouraging study

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

The 10 scientists who got the biggest federal research grants this year

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

Mini colons, grown from stem cells, could let docs test personalized drugs

By Jonathan Wosen

Health

Their children are dying. So these families are racing to raise money for research no one else will fund

By Meghana Keshavan

In the Lab

Dalí’s being dug up for a paternity test. But is his DNA intact?

By Kate Sheridan

In the Lab

Hunt for enzymes heats up, a potential boon for biotech and beyond

By Doug Struck

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