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Recent Articles (8)
STAT+: Gilead’s IBD drug eliminated symptoms for patients, mid-stage study finds
An oral treatment from Gilead Sciences eliminated the symptoms experienced by patients with a type of inflammatory bowel disease, according to mid-stage study results reported Monday.
STAT+: Top immunology association divided over $8.4-billion California ballot measure to fund the field, emails show
Internal emails obtained by STAT show that the American Association of Immunologists is sharply divided over California's Proposition 38, even though it would provide $8.4 billion in taxpayer dollars
STAT+: Does Isomorphic Labs have what it takes to revolutionize drugmaking?
Isomorphic Labs wants to turn its technology into an engine for new medicines. The question now is whether — and how — it can deliver on that promise.
Opinion: My mother killed herself. I wish assisted suicide had been an option
“Sometimes mental illness is terminal,” Torie Bosch writes in a personal essay about medical aid in dying for psychiatric reasons.
Opinion: Measles is back — and becoming a midterm liability for Republicans
“Silence on vaccines is becoming a dealbreaker for voters who would otherwise vote Republican,” write physicians and former GOP Reps. Larry Buchson and Michael Burgess.
STAT+: How the No Surprises Act’s nonprofit arbitrators are operating like ‘mini gods’ and getting rich doing it
A STAT investigation found that several nonprofits are raking in massive sums by acting as arbitrators in a program that helps protect patients from surprise medical bills.
STAT+: Cambridge scientist David Sabatini speaks out after courtroom victory: ‘The hardest years of my life’
"The hardest years of my life," is how Cambridge scientist David Sabatini describes the time since his downfall from MIT.
STAT+: Jury rules in favor of ousted Cambridge scientist David Sabatini, with $6 million in damages to be awarded
A jury awarded $6 million in damages to scientist David Sabatini, whose career imploded after he was accused by a much younger colleague of inappropriate sexual conduct in his lab.