The Lab · 2026-04-07 08:57:12 · STAT News
A rising star in science education, whose research demonstrated that better genetics lessons could reduce racist beliefs, has seen his promising academic career effectively end. Brian Donovan, recently awarded the Genetics Society of America's prestigious Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, received t...
The Lab · 2026-04-08 22:26:49 · STAT News
A new study from 23andMe suggests a person's genetics could be a key factor in determining how well they respond to blockbuster GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound. Published in *Nature*, the research identifies specific changes in two genes that appear to help predict not only whether a patient will lose ...
The Vault · 2026-04-09 20:26:57 · STAT News
A quiet but significant shift is unsettling the venture capital playbook in biotech. The focus is turning back to foundational 'exon science'—a well-established area of genetics—which is suddenly attracting fresh capital and strategic interest. This pivot signals a potential recalibration of risk and opportunity, as in...
The Lab · 2026-04-15 06:52:22 · Japan Times
A landmark Japanese study has delivered a sobering verdict on the limits of reproductive cloning: mammals cannot be cloned indefinitely. This fundamental biological barrier was revealed through a two-decade-long experiment that created over 1,200 cloned mice, all derived from a single original donor.
The research, con...