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MRI brain scan
In the Lab

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

By Elizabeth Cooney

illustration of intestinal villi
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

toilet
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

Genetic Frontiers Gene Editing Blindness
In the Lab

In its first use inside the human body, CRISPR genome editing tested as blindness therapy

By Associated Press

Alzheimer's Tau imaging
In the Lab

They have ‘Alzheimer’s brains’ but no symptoms. A new wave of drug developers wants to know why

By Sharon Begley

Health Tech

Researchers develop AI-based intervention for kids with autism

By Shafaq Zia

c. difficile
Health Tech

Aided by machine learning, scientists find a novel antibiotic able to kill superbugs in mice

By Casey Ross

In the Lab

Scientists turn organs transparent — and use a new technique to capture 3D pictures of what’s inside

By Megan Thielking

Priscilla Chan
Heavyweights

Priscilla Chan charts an ambitious, unglamorous course to fight disease. (Her husband is involved, too.)

By Rebecca Robbins

In the Lab

The vodka trial: In search of a treatment for vocal disorders, a researcher puts patient anecdotes to the test

By Eric Boodman

In the Lab

Study is halted as HIV vaccine fails test in South Africa

By Associated Press

POC doc office discrimination
In the Lab

Brain-imaging study shows ‘hot spot’ that may explain why African Americans feel greater pain

By Sharon Begley

2019-nCoV
In the Lab

DNA sleuths read the coronavirus genome, tracing its origins and looking for dangerous mutations

By Sharon Begley

AP Mount Vesuvius
In the Lab

Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim’s brain to glass

By Associated Press

snake venom
In the Lab

Researchers have already grown miniature brains and lungs. Next up: snake venom gland organoids

By Andrew Joseph

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