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Putting the latest scientific research under the microscope

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

Psilocybin microdoses have no effect on problem-solving and rational thinking but do improve a form of thinking underlying creativity, a study suggests.

Heroin and Fentanyl doses

Health By Allison Bond

Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

Brainiacs, not birdbrains: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute

Female Orgasm

Health By Shanoor Seervai

Where does the female orgasm come from? Scientists think they know

IVF sample

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Researchers raise concerns about using genetic risk scores to pick ‘healthier’ embryos

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blue background pacemakers

In the Lab By Kevin Lin

Scientists devise a battery-free pacemaker that can be absorbed by the body

Yaniv Erlich

In the Lab By Erika Check Hayden

Could editing the genomes of bats prevent future coronavirus pandemics? Two scientists think it’s worth a try

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Brueggen, GERMANY - pigs

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

Gene therapy to regenerate cardiac muscle after a heart attack passes a key test in pigs

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

After racing to help the world understand Covid-19, scientists grapple with how to pick up the research they put on hold

Milken Institute Summit

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

How the pandemic has reshaped collaboration — and competition — in science

Gender disparities in patents illo

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Gender bias toward men in patent awards results in less biomedical innovation for women, study suggests

BRCA1 protein

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

Scientists unshelve a decades-old antibiotic to fight a new foe — ovarian cancer

red & blue Pancreatic Cancer Cells

In the Lab By Emily Mullin

Scientists CRISPR patients’ own immune cells in bid to shrink hard-to-treat GI tumors

nitrous oxide photo illo

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

A safer, low dose of laughing gas may be enough to help some patients with major depression, study finds

E. coli Bacteria micrograph

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

With a souped up synthetic genome, scientists make bacteria impervious to viral attack

Rainbow DNA

In the Lab By Matthew Herper

Researchers claim they have sequenced the entirety of the human genome — including the missing parts

RNA illustration

Exclusive By Megan Molteni and Katie Palmer

From two unusual organ donations, scientists garner a unique trove of single-cell genetic data

Cas9 Embryos

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

Scientific panel loosens ’14-day rule’ limiting how long human embryos can be grown in the lab

Health By Megan Molteni

With engineered proteins, scientists use optogenetics for the first time to help a blind patient see again

cardioids

In the Lab By Shraddha Chakradhar

In new study, stem cells self-organize into a mini model of a beating heart

Gene Therapy Bubble Babies

In the Lab By Associated Press

AIDS virus used in gene therapy to fix ‘bubble baby’ disease

pink natural killer cell

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

Reawakened immune cells show promise in mice against zombie cells tied to diseases of aging

pipettes aplenty

In the Lab By Kate Sheridan

HHS to prioritize newborn screening programs’ pipette tip orders

blue CAR-T cells

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

Glowing tumor-munching cells, captured on video, show the promise of a new approach to CAR-T cancer therapy

In the Lab By Kate Sheridan

How blackouts, fires, and a pandemic are driving shortages of pipette tips — and hobbling science

Mutation in autism-related gene

Health By Sara Reardon

Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise

blue fibroblasts

In the Lab By Megan Molteni

In mouse experiments, scientists unlock the key to scar-free skin healing

ASH19 Gene Therapy Sickle Cell

Biotech By Megan Molteni

Beam Therapeutics unveils new CRISPR base editing tool to target the sickle cell mutation

Chimera blastocyst

In the Lab By Usha Lee McFarling

International team creates first chimeric human-monkey embryos