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Putting the latest scientific research under the microscope

Chickpeas
In the Lab

To tackle childhood malnutrition, researchers turn to the microbiome

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Berkeley and Oakland
In the Lab

University of California loses access to new journal articles published by Elsevier after research access fight

By Rebecca Robbins

Parker book
In the Lab

The Parker Institute looks to grow, leveraging outside donors and equity stakes

By Rebecca Robbins

Pause
In the Lab

‘Pause button’ for CAR-T cells may overcome a dangerous side effect of cancer therapy

By Lauren Joseph

Candida auris
In the Lab

Everyone agrees this superbug is a threat. Few are willing to fund research to stop it

By Helen Branswell

In the Lab

A family’s medical mystery sheds light on the surprising ways disease-causing genes can be inherited

By Andrew Joseph

Heart & BP monitor
In the Lab

Attempt to replicate clinical trials with real-world data generates real-world criticism, too

By Matthew Herper

Walter Isaacson
In the Lab

Walter Isaacson is writing a book about CRISPR. He’s got company

By Damian Garde

In the Lab

The boy was dying. Zebrafish helped save his life

By Sharon Begley

Musical Hands
In the Lab

Making music from proteins to better understand biology

By Diana Cai

Open Peer Review
In the Lab

Medical preprints go live, with more vetting than, say, math manuscripts

By Sharon Begley

Alzheimer's research
Special Report

The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades

By Sharon Begley

microbiome runners
In the Lab

Why are elite athletes different than the rest of us? Take a look at their microbes

By Elizabeth Cooney

Margaret Hamburg
In the Lab

Alarmed by new ‘CRISPR babies’ plan, top science figures say they’re powerless to stop it

By Rick Berke

Imaging
In the Lab

A new ‘DNA microscope’ peers deep inside living cells

By Sharon Begley

Long shadow of Alexa
In the Lab

‘Alexa, are you listening?’ An experimental tool warns of cardiac arrest by monitoring breathing

By Diana Cai

San Francisco panel - still
Biotech

Architects of a new CRISPR partnership defend academic-industry research model

By Rebecca Robbins

Enterovirus D-68
Health

New evidence points to possible cause of puzzling paralysis in kids

By Maggie Fox

Facebook on phone
In the Lab

Researchers recruit more than 20,000 people for Facebook-based genomics project

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Jennifer Doudna - Genome Editing Conference
Exclusive

GSK partners with CRISPR pioneer Doudna to search for new drugs

By Matthew Herper

Cannabis dispensary
In the Lab

Legalizing medical cannabis reduces opioid overdose deaths? Not so fast, new study says

By Brittany Flaherty

Scytonema hofmanni bacteria
In the Lab

‘Jumping genes’ could help CRISPR replace disease-causing DNA, study finds

By Sharon Begley

Chuck Grassley, Ron Wyden
Politics

NIH has referred 16 allegations of foreign influence on U.S. research to investigators

By Andrew Joseph

Robert Aderholt
Politics

Congress revives ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies

By Andrew Joseph

Embryonic cell division
Politics

Congress weighs dropping ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies

By Sharon Begley and Andrew Joseph

National Acadmies of Sciences
In the Lab

National Academy of Sciences approves a new way to expel harassers

By Megan Thielking

China Gene Edited Babies
In the Lab

He Jiankui tried to protect ‘CRISPR babies’ against HIV. But his attempted fix shortens lives, study shows

By Sharon Begley

Male and female symbols
In the Lab

Seeking reform, a neuroscientist argues against ‘sexist’ beliefs that keep research focused on male animals

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Ram Sasisekharan
In the Lab

At MIT, a bitter dispute over research puts a scientist’s prestige on the line

By Damian Garde and Megan Thielking

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