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In the Lab Megan Molteni

After three years in prison, ‘CRISPR babies’ scientist is attempting a comeback

He Jiankui posted photos of himself sitting at a computer in a white office. “This is the first day for Jiankui He Lab,” he wrote.

Special Report Jonathan Wosen

‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia

Health Isabella Cueto

Following your gut: How scientists are getting closer to linking the microbiome and chronic diseases

In the Lab Andrew Joseph, Rebecca Robbins and Sharon Begley

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

In the Lab Sharon Begley

‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth

Opinion

First Opinion Justin Chen

Coming to terms with six years in science: obsession, isolation, and moments of wonder

In the laboratory, I felt like I understood life. But endless hours spent as a biology researcher at MIT also came with costs.

First Opinion

Harnessing the amazing work of the 40 trillion chemists in your gut microbiome

Video

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

After racing to help the world understand Covid-19, scientists grapple with how to pick up the research they put on hold

Scientists are taking stock of non-Covid-19 projects that were scuttled or delayed because of months-long lab closures and other changes.

How blackouts, fires, and a pandemic are driving shortages of pipette tips — and hobbling science

Watch: Microrobots fight brain tumors in mice

All Coverage

In the Lab Allessandra DiCorato

Sporting night vision goggles, a scientist probes the internal clocks that help parasites infect people

In the Lab Eric Boodman

In armadillos, leprosy expands healthy liver tissue. Could that tell us something about regenerating our own?

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In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

5 looming questions about the exodus of young life scientists from academia

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

University of California academic workers go out on strike to demand higher wages

In the Lab Helen Branswell

BU lab wasn’t required to clear potentially controversial study with NIH, director says

In the Lab Helen Branswell

Boston University researchers’ testing of lab-made version of Covid virus draws government scrutiny

In the Lab Brittany Trang

Faster brain imaging technique seems to overcome limitations of current MRI scans

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink

In the Lab Brittany Trang

Three scientists win chemistry Nobel Prize for developing ‘click’ and ‘bioorthogonal’ chemistry

In the Lab Angus Chen

CAR-T therapy doesn’t work in all cancer cases. Scientists are starting to figure out why

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded for research into the evolutionary history of humankind

In the Lab Brittany Trang

White House’s open-access research directive scrambles long-entrenched models, raising key questions

In the Lab Angus Chen

Fungi find their way into cancer tumors, but what they’re doing there is a mystery

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Who will get the call from Stockholm? It’s time for STAT’s 2022 Nobel Prize predictions

In the Lab Meghana Keshavan

Virtual drug screening identifies possible new antidepressants in LSD-like molecules

Biotech Jason Mast

Biotech turns to new and strange viruses to overcome gene therapy’s limitations

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

NIH launches the next stage of its ‘human genome project’ for the brain

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

Researchers show they can quickly turn CAR-T cells on and off, raising hopes for safer cancer treatments

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

Prehistoric skeleton reveals oldest surgical amputation — in a hunter-gatherer society 31,000 years ago

In the Lab Edward Chen

How a tool to map computer viruses came to power biology research

In the Lab Theresa Gaffney

Unprecedented! Incredible! Scientific grant applications are getting heavier on hype

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

When spinal fluid from ALS patients was put into mice, the mice got weak. An unlikely protein could be the culprit

On Target Angus Chen

Frustrated with nature’s biomarkers for cancer, biologists try making their own

In the Lab Edward Chen

As the Smithsonian wraps a landmark genome exhibit, leaders in the field reflect on what’s changed