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10x Clinical Expansion Advances with CLIA Lab Plans, Cleveland Clinic Partnership
Traditionally focused on research tools for academic, government, and industry customers, 10x has moved this year to launch clinical collaborations with top-tier institutions—the most recent of which was announced last month with Cleveland Clinic.…
Blood Cancer Therapies Informed by Spatial Remodeling of Bone Marrow
An AI-based approach assesses disease severity in patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), a form of blood cancer where one-third of patients progress to a more aggressive state called acute myeloid leukemia. The post Blood…
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Growing use of guest editors has turned some journals into a ‘playground of bad science’
The problematic use of guest editors was spotlighted last week when a genetics journal retracted nearly an entire special issue.
Opinion: I started medical school at 69 and will begin residency at 72. Here’s what I learned
Starting residency at 72 isn’t for the faint of heart. But that’s what Dawn Zuidegeest-Craft is doing.
Psychedelics get a boost from the White House
In this week’s STATus Report, host Alex Hogan chats with STAT Washington correspondent Daniel Payne about Trump's psychedelics EO.
Opinion: The local news crisis is also a public health crisis
Health and science reporting is often treated as optional coverage. It is anything but.
Rational causal induction from events in time.
A longstanding focus in the causal learning literature has been on inferring causal relations from contingencies, where these abstract away from time by collating independent instances or by aggregating over regularly demarcated trials. In contrast, individual causal learners encounter events…
Mechanical load inhibits cancer growth in mouse and human hearts
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6796, April 2026.
An unrecognized mode of small particles in the lower stratosphere
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6796, April 2026.
Mapping transcription factor functions in astrocytes using in vivo gain-of-function Perturb-seq
Science, Volume 392, Issue 6796, April 2026.
Author Correction: High-dose nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy: a phase 3 randomized trial
Nature Medicine, Published online: 23 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04415-5Author Correction: High-dose nusinersen for spinal muscular atrophy: a phase 3 randomized trial
Building a Science-Driven Business: How National Institutes of Health Funding Enabled an Evidence-Based Approach to Maternal Mental Health Innovation
The digital mental health (DMH) industry has grown drastically over the last decade; yet, many DMH products have failed to demonstrate meaningful clinical outcomes, in large part due to lack of scientific evidence. This viewpoint paper highlights an example of…
Expected Competencies and Personal Attributes of Digital Health Navigators to Support Digital Mental Health Care: Focus Group and Interview Study With Patients and Health Care Professionals
Background: Digital mental health apps (DMHAs), and in particular digital therapeutics (DTx), offer promising opportunities to support mental health care. However, their effective use in outpatient settings in Germany remains limited. To overcome this gap, the role of digital health…
A CAR-T biotech’s dramatic turnaround, and drugmakers’ tactics to drive more scripts
This week on "The Readout LOUD": a CAR-T biotech's dramatic turnaround, and drugmakers' tactics to drive more scripts. Listen now.
STAT+: Trump celebrates closing first round of drug pricing deals, promises more ahead
A deal with Regeneron was the last of 17 initially sought by the White House.
How to De-Escalate an Autistic Meltdown
A common misconception about tantrums and meltdowns is that they’re interchangeable. But while they share some similarities in their initial expression — crying, screaming, door slamming, harsh words — they’re actually quite different. Dealing with a meltdown requires a more…
Heart’s beat may help it beat cancer, mouse research suggests
The constant pressure that the heart is under from beating thousands of times a day may create an environment hostile to cancers
STAT+: Trump’s boosting of psychedelics, cannabis signal a new era in GOP drug policy
The Trump administration, in a stark departure from the "Just Say No" era, is funding psychedelics research and rescheduling marijuana.
STAT+: Legislatures in Colorado and Virginia resist moves to constrain drug affordability boards
Legislators in two states are resisting efforts to restrict prescription drug affordability boards.