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Putting the latest scientific research under the microscope

Nigeria LASSA
In the Lab

Why HIV vaccine research is now about much more than HIV

By Helen Branswell

Health

CDC expresses concern over mysterious surge in polio-like paralysis cases

By Helen Branswell

Stanton Glantz
Exclusive

UCSF settles sexual harassment suit involving star researcher

By Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus

In the Lab

How the Navy brought a once-derided scientist out of retirement — and into the virus-selling business

By Eric Boodman

The future is here
First Opinion

Coming to terms with six years in science: obsession, isolation, and moments of wonder

By Justin Chen

In the Lab

New microscope shows mouse embryos developing second by second, cell by cell

By Sharon Begley

Adult bimaternal mouse (born to two mothers)
In the Lab

Rewriting reproduction: With stem cells and CRISPR, scientists breed mice with same-sex parents

By Andrew Joseph

Musical Hands
In the Lab

Ex-researcher who stole funds sentenced to play piano

By Associated Press

Women in science
In the Lab

Experts chart the path forward to recruit and advance more women in science

By Megan Thielking

CRISPR/Cas9 molecular structure
In the Lab

As it moves out of the lab, CRISPR brings tough questions into the clinic

By Andrew Joseph

Before Liver
In the Lab

CRISPR cures inherited disorder in mice, paving way for genetic therapy before birth

By Sharon Begley

Manhattan
Health

Flu season is coming. If you live in a large city, it may stretch longer than elsewhere, study says

By Helen Branswell

Frances Arnold,
In the Lab

Chemistry Nobel awarded to evolutionary scientists whose work led to cancer, arthritis drugs

By Megan Thielking

Nobel Physics
In the Lab

Nobel physics prize honors laser discoveries that advanced eye surgery, virus manipulation

By Sharon Begley

James Allison Nobel Prize press conf.
In the Lab

The snub club: Crucial contributors to cancer immunotherapy were excluded from the medicine Nobel

By Sharon Begley

Padmanee Sharma
Heavyweights

A pioneer in cancer immunotherapy sees a future where vaccines, CAR-T, and checkpoint inhibitors come together

By Sharon Begley

Precusor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
In the Lab

In rare case, patient developed resistance to CAR-T after cancer cell began hiding in ‘plain sight’

By Andrew Joseph

Nobel Medicine 2018
In the Lab

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two cancer researchers for immune system breakthrough

By Sharon Begley

TB Vaccine Trial
In the Lab

Experimental TB vaccine shows promise in clinical trials

By Helen Branswell

Video

WATCH: New blood vessels, straight from the printer

By Hyacinth Empinado and Dominic Smith

Planned Parenthood surreptitious video protest
Politics

Trump administration launches review of scientific research involving fetal tissue

By Megan Thielking

FIREFLIES
In the Lab

To make better biomedical research tools, a grad student picks apart fireflies’ glow

By Eric Boodman

Gene drive mosquito
In the Lab

Scientists use gene drive to eradicate lab mosquitoes for the first time

By Ike Swetlitz

In the Lab

With rehab and a jolt to the spinal cord, paralyzed patients take steps again

By Andrew Joseph

Single white lab mouse
In the Lab

Can building a better research mouse open the black box of Alzheimer’s?

By Kate Sheridan

Beer
In the Lab

Beyond the pale (ale): FDA orders pharma lab to can its microbrewery operation

By Lev Facher

Margaret Hamburg
In the Lab

‘It’s time for systemic change’: Scientific leaders urge new efforts to curb sexual harassment in the field

By Megan Thielking

Health

Turmoil erupts over expulsion of member from leading evidence-based medicine group

By Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky

BRCA1 protein
Health

Study cracks open the secrets of the cancer-causing BRCA1 gene

By Sharon Begley

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