Research

Politics

HIV research halted after NIH freezes acquisition of fetal tissue

By Kate Sheridan

Four mini-pig piglets stand around
Health

A nonprofit biotech venture is betting on pig skin to help burn victims with first-ever clinical trial

By Kate Sheridan

Family & doctor communication
Hospitals

A new way to curb harmful medical errors: talk more to patients and families

By Megan Thielking

In the Lab

A shot-in-the-dark email leads to a century-old family treasure — and hope of cracking a deadly flu’s secret

By Helen Branswell

Transplante útero
In the Lab

For the first time, a baby is born via a uterus transplant from a deceased donor

By Andrew Joseph

Health workers - Ebola - DRC
First Opinion

It isn’t crazy to conduct an Ebola clinical trial in a war zone — it’s necessary

By Jeremy Farrar

Sickle and normal red blood cells
In the Lab

One to watch at ASH18: She’s 17 and she studies chronic pain in sickle cell disease

By Adam Feuerstein

Laboratory doors
First Opinion

We need a temporary moratorium on using gene editing to create babies

By Paul Knoepfler

Dr. Erica Esrick and Manny Jones
Biotech

Novel gene therapy ‘switch’ for sickle cell disease shows encouraging results in pilot trial

By Adam Feuerstein

He Jiankui looks at a computer screen
First Opinion

Who missed the chance to stop the CRISPR babies scientist? Look in the mirror

By Mark Yarborough

Dementia
In the Lab

Tests used to determine if someone needs dementia evals are riddled with bias, study finds

By Eric Boodman

Genetic Frontiers Gene Edited Babies
Exclusive

UC Berkeley researcher, told of CRISPR’d baby study a year ago, warned scientist not to do it

By Rebecca Robbins

He Jiankui photo illustration
In the Lab

An outsider claimed to make genome-editing history — and the world snapped to attention

By Andrew Joseph, Rebecca Robbins, and Sharon Begley

RICE UNIVERSITY
In the Lab

Rice University opens investigation into researcher who worked on CRISPR’d baby project

By Andrew Joseph

Cas9 Embryos
In the Lab

What we know — and what we don’t — about the claim of world’s first gene-edited babies

By Elizabeth Cooney

Mighty Immersion
Go West

A clinical trial tries to bridge a cultural divide — and ease the anxiety of pediatric patients

By Rebecca Robbins

Watchdogs illustration
The Watchdogs

To catch misconduct, journals are hiring research integrity czars

By Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus

Human cell
In the Lab

‘A new instruction manual for life’: Single-cell sequencing is opening up new avenues for potential treatments

By Meghana Keshavan

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: FDA to reduce use of dogs in tests; another setback for a Pfizer immunotherapy drug

By Ed Silverman

STAT Brain Signals Final GIF
In the Lab

With brain implants, scientists hope to translate paralyzed patients’ thoughts into speech

By Sharon Begley

Sean Parker speaks in Philly
Business

Sean Parker: Health care’s big breakthroughs aren’t going to come out of Google or Amazon

By Rebecca Robbins

Narcan at pharmacy
Health

Some pharmacies fail to offer easy access to naloxone, or to stock it, despite anti-opioid initiatives

By Andrew Joseph

Driver app
Exclusive

‘We ran out of money’: High-profile startup seeking to connect patients with clinical trials shuts down

By Rebecca Robbins

Teen microscope in lab
First Opinion

Summer research opportunities for high school students should be available to all

By Kenneth Pham

MORE Red Blood Cells
In the Lab

Generic arthritis drug comes up short against inflammation in heart disease

By Elizabeth Cooney

FDA Animal Testing
Pharmalot

Animal rights group urges drug makers to discontinue a test that ‘traumatizes’ rodents

By Ed Silverman

Harvard Medical School
In the Lab

Harvard Medical School receives record $200 million gift for research — and an incubator

By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

Ancestry website
In the Lab

Life span has little to do with genes, analysis of large ancestry database shows

By Sharon Begley

Ella spirometry
First Opinion

One number keeps me from taking part in cystic fibrosis trials. That’s wrong

By Ella Balasa

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