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In the Lab

Bacteria are widespread in tumors, forming distinct populations depending on the cancer type

By Elizabeth Cooney

3D rat heart
In the Lab

Scientists 3D-map the ‘little brain of the (rat) heart’

By Elizabeth Cooney

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In the Lab

‘It’s something I have never seen’: How the Covid-19 virus hijacks cells

By Sharon Begley

Lopez
Health

Ethics questions swirl around historic Parkinson’s experiment

By Sharon Begley

Parkinson's cell transplant
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A secret experiment revealed: In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson’s with a novel brain cell transplant

By Sharon Begley

purple chromosomes
In the Lab

New research sheds light on sex imbalances in diseases like schizophrenia and lupus

By Meghana Keshavan

3d pink brain
In the Lab

Using human brain tissue in lab dishes, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

By Sharon Begley

Virginia Coronavirus Testing
Health

New CRISPR-based test for Covid-19 could be a simple, cheap at-home diagnostic, scientists say

By Sharon Begley

blue Tumor+section
In the Lab

Cellular ‘backpacks’ keep immune cells in attack mode against tumors

By Elizabeth Cooney

Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery
In the Lab

Covid-19 has shuttered scientific labs. It could put a generation of researchers at risk

By Justin Chen

3d image of human brain
In the Lab

Researchers develop a non-invasive way to manipulate neurons to study behavior

By Shraddha Chakradhar

mind-controlled prosthesis
In the Lab

Mind-controlled prosthetic arm enables patients to feel the objects they grip

By Shafaq Zia

MRI brain scan
In the Lab

A ‘sniff test’ signals consciousness after a brain injury, study shows

By Elizabeth Cooney

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In the Lab

‘GI tract outside the body’ tests how well oral drugs are absorbed

By Elizabeth Cooney

Mumps vaccine
In the Lab

New study seeks to surface data to produce a stronger measles vaccine

By Shafaq Zia

UPMC
Health Tech

International trial uses AI to rapidly identify optimal Covid-19 treatments

By Casey Ross

Melanie Ott
In the Lab

You need a special lab to study the coronavirus. Here’s what it takes to get one up and running

By Andrew Joseph

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Health Tech

‘Smart toilet’ could monitor for signs of illness in urine and stool, study finds

By Shafaq Zia

MIT-Koch-Institute Madness
In the Lab

MIT’s Koch Institute wins STAT Madness with technology to see tiny ovarian tumors

By Elizabeth Cooney

Sickled cell
In the Lab

‘It’s the disparity in who gets affected’: A sickle cell doctor tracks dollars and drug development

By Elizabeth Cooney

Jennifer Doudna - Genome Editing Conference
In the Lab

CRISPR pioneer Doudna opens lab to run Covid-19 tests

By Matthew Herper

biopharma lab
In the Lab

What it’s like to go into the lab at a biopharma company during the coronavirus pandemic

By Rebecca Robbins and Kate Sheridan

Michael Wells
In the Lab

A call to scientists idled by shuttered labs: Share your bench skills and resources to fight Covid-19

By Elizabeth Cooney

Ocean Plankton: Generating The Oxygen We Breathe
In the Lab

Revealing the hidden beauty of research: MIT’s 2020 images award winners

By STAT staff

Stanford University main quad
Biotech

Near-lockdown in the Bay Area ‘ratchets up’ challenges for local biotechs and labs

By Rebecca Robbins

Fusobacterium nucleatum micrograph
Biotech

Microbial signatures in the blood could offer new avenue for liquid biopsies to detect cancer

By Rebecca Robbins

Institute for Protein Design
In the Lab

To develop a coronavirus vaccine, synthetic biologists try to outdo nature

By Sharon Begley

ferret
In the Lab

From ferrets to mice and marmosets, labs scramble to find right animals for coronavirus studies

By Eric Boodman

U-M RPNI study
In the Lab

Surgery and AI give amputees more precise control of a prosthetic hand, study shows

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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