Browsing: In the Lab

Withthe first pivotal trialshowing a customized mRNA treatment improved outcomes for cancer patients presented here this weekend, the conversation has already turned to how melanoma specialists should adopt the medicine — and how widelythese novel vaccines can be deployed

Since five members of the American Diabetes Association were ejected from its scientific session in New Orleans on June 5, the professional organization has released two explanations, one apology, one summary of its review of the events, and one notice of further review. Members have protested through petitions and an 1,100-member boycott. The flagship journal…

Just over six weeks after the American Diabetes Association said its review of an  incident at its New Orleans meeting in June would need more time, one of its top leaders is out.

A new division in the National Institutes of Health and a new task force within the White House will advance the cause of women’s health, an executive order signed by President Trump promises. 

For five years, biologist David Sabatini has replayed his downfall from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the back of his mind, like a movie on repeat.

A Suffolk County jury on Friday awarded $6 million in damages to ousted star scientist and former MIT professor David Sabatini, whose career imploded after he was accused by a much younger colleague of inappropriate sexual conduct in his Cambridge research lab.

Americans have more trust in science than most of the rest of the world, according to a new survey of people in 140 countries, a finding that may seem difficult to explain in a country deeply divided by issues such as the benefits and harms of vaccines. 

Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. 

Finding information from the National Institutes of Health about human health, disease, and biomedical research is about to look a lot different. On Monday, the NIH will unveil a new version of its website that shifts attention away from individual institutes and centers and towards eight thematic hubs focused on health, research, data, clinical studies,…

Ovulation. Endometriosis. And especially: menopause. These once taboo words — among others — have become part of our daily vocabulary and conversations, a sign of greater interest in, and knowledge of, women’s health.