In the Lab

Putting the latest scientific research under the microscope

In the Lab

Synthesizing genetic sequences could get faster, one DNA letter at a time

By Karen Weintraub

CRISPR Cancer Risk
Biotech

Why reports about CRISPR’d cells and cancer aren’t calamitous — but shouldn’t be ignored

By Sharon Begley

Cellular Authophagy
Business

Is it time to target autophagy to treat disease? 

By Elizabeth Cooney

In the Lab

Sexual harassment is rampant in science — and current policies aren’t cutting it, landmark report finds

By Megan Thielking

In the Lab

A serious new hurdle for CRISPR: Edited cells might cause cancer, two studies find

By Sharon Begley

In the Lab

Drones are helping researchers figure out what viruses live in whales. Some are similar to ones in humans

By Megha Satyanarayana

Bubonic Plague Burial
In the Lab

A set of ancient teeth unlock a bacterial secret about the bubonic plague

By Ike Swetlitz

premature pregnancy test
In the Lab

Blood test might help predict both preterm and healthy delivery dates

By Karen Weintraub

In the Lab

What we heard at CRISPRCon: talk of designer babies, IP battles, and scientific colonialism

By Damian Garde

Breast Cancer Cells
In the Lab

From one breast cancer patient’s turnaround, clues to a new immunotherapy

By Sharon Begley

ASCO Liquid Biopsy
Biotech

Grail’s cancer blood test shows ‘proof of principle,’ but challenges remain

By Sharon Begley

Biotech

CRISPR advances are coming fast. Here’s your guide

By Sharon Begley

Jennifer A. Doudna/Emmanuelle Charpentier
In the Lab

Who gets credit for CRISPR? Prestigious award singles out three, and leaves out a notable scientist

By Sharon Begley

Jim Ewing 04
In the Lab

Pioneering surgery makes a prosthetic foot feel like the real thing

By Gideon Gil and Matthew Orr

In the Lab

Shot through with microbes: How our bodies adapt to a hidden world of bacteria

By Carl Zimmer

Ebola Vaccines
Health

Ebola outbreak opens way to chaotic jockeying to test experimental drugs

By Helen Branswell

Biotech

Research in mice may explain CAR-T therapy’s toxic side effects — and how to block them

By Meghana Keshavan

Schizophrenia Pregnancy
Health

Schizophrenia ‘risk genes’ are not so risky if the mother’s pregnancy was healthy

By Sharon Begley

Ingestible device
In the Lab

Swallow this: A sensor could monitor gut health via engineered bacteria — and beam results to a smartphone

By Andrew Joseph

FDA Gene Therapy
Biotech

FDA plans to speed path to approval for some gene therapies, starting with hemophilia

By Ike Swetlitz

Mouse running
In the Lab

From the ‘fountain of rodent youth’ to zombie cells, scientists work to slow the aging process

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Medical Form
In the Lab

Researchers mine emergency contacts to discover genetic clues to disease

By Elizabeth Cooney

Michael Eisen
Heavyweights

He takes on Eric Lander, and the scientific establishment. ‘This is who I am. I get angry.’

By Andrew Joseph

CAR-T Conference
In the Lab

For cancer immunotherapies, a radioactive crystal ball might foretell success or failure

By Sharon Begley

Snail memory transfer
In the Lab

Memory transferred between snails, challenging standard theory of how the brain remembers

By Usha Lee McFarling

In the Lab

To make medicines of the future, hospitals build their own cell factories

By Andrew Joseph

Depression research
In the Lab

Can precision medicine do for depression what it’s done for cancer? It won’t be easy

By Megan Thielking

Night Workers On Shift
In the Lab

Stubborn genes: New research looks at how our bodies respond (or don’t) to night shift work

By Megha Satyanarayana

Woman with migraine
In the Lab

We know migraines run in families. A new genetic exploration zooms in on how

By Elizabeth Cooney

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