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The new leader of 500 Women Scientists on finding community and supporting women of color in STEMM

17.02.2021

In the spring of 2019, Lauren Edwards was a graduate student studying neuroscience at Emory University in Atlanta and was running local initiatives to support women of color. As a …

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In the Lab

Studying Neanderthal mini-brains, scientists unlock clues to modern human evolution 

11.02.2021

Hoping to learn what sets our brains apart from those of the Neanderthals, scientists have inserted a gene from our extinct cousins into human brain organoids — miniature versions of …

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Biotech / In the Lab

CRISPR cures progeria in mice, raising hope for one-time therapy for a disease that causes rapid aging

06.01.2021

Biologists tend not to discuss experimental results on a handful of cells and a single solitary mouse — too preliminary, too sketchy. David Liu of the Broad Institute therefore had …

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In the Lab

Elevated stress hormone levels could reawaken dormant cancer cells, study finds

02.12.2020

The recurrence of cancer months or even years after successful treatment is an all too common phenomenon, and scientists have been chipping away at understanding how undetectable cells can once …

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In the Lab

Watch: How did you get your start in science? And other questions with the STAT Wunderkinds

16.11.2020

What got you interested in science? How would you explain your research to a 10-year-old? And how has that research changed during the Covid-19 pandemic? STAT posed those questions to …

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In the Lab

California voters approve another round of funding for stem cell research

13.11.2020

California voters have again backed spending billions of dollars for stem cell research with the approval of a ballot measure. The initiative, Proposition 14, had been narrowly leading since Election …

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In the Lab

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos

29.10.2020

A lab experiment aimed at fixing defective DNA in human embryos shows what can go wrong with this type of gene editing and why leading scientists say it’s too unsafe …

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Coronavirus / In the Lab

At the top of her field, a Covid-19 researcher fights back against a different kind of virus: sexism and power imbalances in science

27.10.2020

Even for one of the most high-profile virologists in the midst of the pandemic, it was not an event that will be easily forgotten. For nearly 10 hours on a …

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Biotech / Coronavirus / Health / In the Lab

As STAT turns 5, a look back at science and medicine’s biggest headlines and controversies

26.10.2020

The past five years have been packed with medical and scientific advances, a series of public health crises that have gripped the world, and uproar over rising prescription drug costs. …

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