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In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Mice with two fathers and base-edited baby monkeys highlight potential — and limitations — of hereditable gene editing

Health Angus Chen

Study of trans men suggests that androgen hormone therapy can lower breast cancer risk

In the Lab Megan Molteni

With CRISPR cures on horizon, sickle cell patients ask hard questions about who can access them

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: At genome-editing summit, experts worry that rule changes on embryo research in China fall short

Health Damian Garde and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Heart repair, risky genes, and AI: the buzz from a giant cardiovascular conference

Health Angus Chen

STAT Plus: An mRNA vaccine for cancers associated with HPV shows promise in mice

In the Lab Jason Mast

What the dogs of Chernobyl can teach us about life at the edge

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Ahead of genome summit in London, questions linger about CRISPR baby scandal

Exclusive Kate Zernike

STAT Plus: How Eric Lander’s sharp elbows spurred MIT’s Nancy Hopkins to start a gender revolution

In the Lab Kanis Leung and Emily Wang Fujiyama — Associated Press

Hong Kong pulls visa for ‘CRISPR babies’ scientist He Jiankui

Health Elaine Chen

Researchers link certain genes to obesity complications in women

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

Scientific institutions must embrace antiracist policies, National Academies report urges

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

‘It is a balance’: Scientists grapple with ethics of cutting-edge stem cell research

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Study suggests DNA sequencing could reduce infant deaths, often caused by genetic disease

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Engineered virus shows promise against aggressive form of breast cancer

In the Lab Mark Arsenault — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: New funding for scientist David Sabatini draws divided reactions

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

New mouse study shows genes aren’t only way to pass obesity to next generation

In the Lab Mark Arsenault, Meghan E. Irons, and Patricia Wen — The Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Inside the fall of star MIT scientist David Sabatini

In the Lab Sarah Owermohle

Federal panel approves plans to safeguard lab-made virus research

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: After bullying allegations, Eric Lander will return to run a lab at the Broad Institute

A STAT Investigation Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: ‘I’m just disgusted’: How alleged sexual misconduct stole one student’s passion for academic science

In the Lab Eleanor Cummins

In a post-Dobbs world, pathologists who study pregnancy loss walk a thin line between medicine and the law

In the Lab Ambar Castillo

Mistakes happen in research papers. But corrections often don’t

Exclusive Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Eric Lander’s next act: leading a nonprofit set on solving thorny scientific challenges

In the Lab Associated Press

California medical school apologizes for unethical prisoner experiments

In the Lab Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Former MIT professor tried to influence investigation of harassment at lab, report states

In the Lab Megan Molteni

In a first, children with rare genetic diseases get mitochondrial transplants from their mothers

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

Science, Cell issue notices of concern on challenged papers co-authored by Stanford president

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Study offers a genetic explanation for why some drugs trigger a deadly brain disease