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From fusion to retooling cancer trials, Eric Lander wants his new group to ‘go after big problems’

12.05.2023

Throughout his storied career, Eric Lander has led science projects in just about every setting there is: academia at MIT and Harvard Medical School, independent nonprofit research institutions like the …

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In the Lab

Expansive investigation into Stanford president’s past research will be ‘substantially complete’ by mid-July

01.05.2023

An investigation by a special committee of Stanford’s board of trustees into alleged scientific misconduct by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the university’s president and a prominent neuroscientist, has involved “hundreds of hours …

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In the Lab

STAT Wunderkinds discuss high-impact research, resilience, and social justice

28.04.2023

Elenoe “Crew” Smith used to faint at the sight of blood. Still, she knew from a very young age that she wanted to help people living with sickle cell disease. …

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In the Lab

Discrimination lawsuit against HHMI spotlights barriers faced by scientists with disabilities

19.04.2023

University of Michigan pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung made a name for herself studying rare genetic diseases, and in 2008 — when she was on the faculty at the University of …

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In the Lab

Scientists, going on a bear hunt, find a potential way to treat deadly blood clots

13.04.2023

Like many cardiologists, Manuela Thienel spends most days in the chlorinated, temperature-controlled halls of a large hospital. But one week in February 2019, her work brought her to a snowy …

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First Opinion

Opinion: In a world of synthetic biology, publishing virus DNA sequences may mean perishing

06.04.2023

The wholly synthetic mRNA vaccines for Covid-19 saved nearly 20 million lives in just their first year of use, according to data published in 2022 by The Lancet. That success …

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Biotech / First Opinion

Opinion: Strengthen science by funding living evidence synthesis

27.03.2023

A recent high-profile paper suggesting that science is becoming dramatically less disruptive set the academic world abuzz. One interpretation of this finding — though by no means the only one …

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Health / In the Lab

‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next

16.03.2023

Alberto Ascherio began his career as a young doctor treating tropical diseases in South American rainforests and parts of Africa. Over the next quarter-century, he made his way to what …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Disruptive science is leaping forward, not limping along

01.02.2023

A recent study and accompanying news story in the preeminent journal Nature provocatively concludes that disruptive innovation in science has dramatically and mysteriously declined 90% since 1945. The study has …

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