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STAT+: Pharmalittle: A ‘King Kong’ of weight-loss drugs...

People who are overweight are flocking to Ozempic to slim down, but looming is L...

STAT+: From a public library whiteboard, a $350 million...

A new biotech VC firm started by veterans of the industry began with talks aroun...

STAT+: The Q2 health tech tracker: 13 key industry even...

STAT has your guide to the must-watch regulatory decisions, clinical trial reado...

Opinion: Millions of people take birth control to treat...

Doctors believe that if they can control the reproductive cycle with synthetic h...

When confronted with mysterious illness in college, ‘Ch...

After trying 20-plus medications, Catherine Ames, 24, is on about a dozen to man...

To build trust among LA’s unhoused, a street medicine t...

For hundreds of unhoused people in Los Angeles, technology offered by a trusted ...

Fewer trips to the dentist? NYU College of Dentistry wi...

A New York University dentistry team won 2023’s STAT Madness competition by deve...

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: Challenges and opportuni...

“Beyond detection of cancer, CAFs are being actively pursued as targets for ther...

Euchromatin is not really open in living cells

DNA and associated proteins in active regions of the genome are condensed but be...

Benin Bronzes are made of German brass

The renowned Benin Bronzes are composed of metal sourced from Germany, according...

Looking at magnets in the right light

Magnetic nanostructures have long been part of our everyday life, e.g., in the f...

Hypergentrification of NYC neighborhoods is associated ...

Hypergentrification of NYC neighborhoods is associated with better mental health...

To counteract conspiracy beliefs, most–but not all–exis...

A new review of previously published studies on methods for reducing conspiracy ...

Projects to fight biological threats receive $5 million...

Modeling the emergence and spread of biological threats isn’t as routine as fore...

UMass Amherst research finds surprising science behind ...

AMHERST, Mass. – It’s the spines. This is the conclusion of two new papers, led ...

Not all itches are the same, according to the brain

LA JOLLA (April 5, 2023)—Itch is a protective signal that animals use to prevent...