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GSEL intestine

In the Lab By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

Scientists create a synthetic lining for the intestine to make delivering drugs easier

Scientists have created a synthetic small intestinal lining designed to treat certain digestive diseases or make it easier for the body to absorb drugs.

Microdosing illo

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

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

Heroin and Fentanyl doses

Health By Allison Bond

Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo

Hyperacusis

Health By Joyce Cohen

When even soft noises feel like a knife to the eardrums

Liberia Ebola

Health By Helen Branswell

‘Against all odds’: The inside story of how scientists across three continents produced an Ebola vaccine

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Metastatic Melanoma Cells

In the Lab By Meghana Keshavan

New research tabs a natural byproduct of metabolism as a potent trigger of cancer spread

baby feet

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

Genomic sequencing to screen newborns raises more false alarms than routine blood tests, study finds

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In the Lab By Gideon Gil

Virtual Event: CRISPR’s forward march

Sangeeta Bhatia Portrait

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

A test you can breathe in: Scientists are developing synthetic biosensors to monitor lung disease

medication overload

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

‘Inactive’ drug ingredients are not always inactive, study finds

1975 smallpox micrograph

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

Civil War vaccination kits, discovered in a drawer, yield genetic clues to how smallpox was defeated

drop of blood on the finger

In the Lab By Juliet Isselbacher

Scientists create a speedy finger-prick test to scan for radiation exposure in mice

red lungs

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

Connecting donated human lungs to pigs repaired damage to the organs, scientists report

Mouse exercise

In the Lab By Theresa Gaffney

How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer

red mitochondria

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Gene-editing discovery could point the way toward a ‘holy grail’: cures for mitochondrial diseases

SARS-CoV-2 virus Transmission electron micrograph

In the Lab By Erin Riglin

About the analysis of Covid-19 clinical trials

Covid Clinical Trials

Exclusive By Matthew Herper and Erin Riglin

Data show panic and disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs

HIV Misassembly

In the Lab By Natalya Ortolano

Experimental HIV drug seems effective at a twice-a-year dose, study finds

hepatocytes

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

In its first tough test, CRISPR base editing slashes cholesterol levels in monkeys

human T cells in culture

Biotech By Elizabeth Cooney

Engineering a better immunotherapy to outwit cancer — and launch a biotech

Fu-mouse-astrocytes-neurons

In the Lab By Natalya Ortolano

A preliminary new method could restore the brain cells Parkinson’s disease patients lost

red droplets

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

New findings about little-studied cellular compartments could help make chemo more effective

folgers in your cup

In the Lab By Juliet Isselbacher

By tricking mice into sensing fake smells, scientists decode how the brain recognizes scent

UC Berk_Wheeler Hall

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

University of California strikes research access deal with Nature publisher, putting pressure on Elsevier

In the Lab By Theresa Gaffney

Watch: How some cells serve as unlikely heroes to defend the brain from viral invaders

human embryo /human gastruloid

In the Lab By Natalya Ortolano

A new embryo-like model could help scientists study the ‘black box’ of early human development

MIT Building 10

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins

Another domino falls: MIT ends negotiations with Elsevier over research access dispute

Male and female symbols

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

Females are still routinely left out of biomedical research — and ignored in analyses of data

newspaper/journal

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

After retractions of two Covid-19 papers, scientists ask what went wrong