In the Lab

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

Females are still routinely left out of biomedical research — and ignored in analyses of data

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

After retractions of two Covid-19 papers, scientists ask what went wrong

In the Lab By Meghana Keshavan

New research offers hope for a way through the blood-brain barrier, ‘the final frontier for drug delivery’

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

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

Health By Sharon Begley

Ethics questions swirl around historic Parkinson’s experiment

Exclusive By Sharon Begley

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

In the Lab By Meghana Keshavan

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

In the Lab By Sharon Begley

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

Health By Sharon Begley

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Justin Chen

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

In the Lab By Shraddha Chakradhar

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

In the Lab By Shafaq Zia

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Shafaq Zia

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

Health Tech By Casey Ross

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

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

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

Health Tech By Shafaq Zia

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By Matthew Herper

CRISPR pioneer Doudna opens lab to run Covid-19 tests

In the Lab By Rebecca Robbins and Kate Sheridan

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

In the Lab By Elizabeth Cooney

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

In the Lab By STAT staff

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

Biotech By Rebecca Robbins

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

Biotech By Rebecca Robbins

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