neuroscience

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Scientists have mapped the human brain in unprecedented detail. They’re just getting started

Health tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: Researchers use AI to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Departing Stanford president retracts two widely cited papers, against lead author’s wishes

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Neuroscience startup Neumora files for IPO

The Obesity Revolution Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: How the new weight loss drugs could upend our understanding of craving, desire, and addiction

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

Why depression after traumatic brain injury is distinct — and less likely to respond to standard treatment

Health Olivia Goldhill

As psychedelics near approval, there’s no consensus on how they work

Health Elaine Chen

Obesity impairs brain responses to nutrients, even after weight loss, study finds

Exclusive Ellie Kincaid — Retraction Watch

STAT Plus: How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant

First Opinion Jerry Tang

Why brain decoding is not mind reading — and why that matters

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Scientists use ‘mini-brains’ to study microglia, the brain’s cleanup crew and key players in neurological disease

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Don’t ignore potential microbial causes of Alzheimer’s and other chronic diseases, researchers say

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Expansive investigation into Stanford president’s past research will be ‘substantially complete’ by mid-July

Health tech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: In a small new study, scientists working on an AI ‘brain decoder’ inch closer than ever to reading minds

Health Matthew Herper

A Parkinson’s ‘game changer,’ backed by Michael J. Fox, could lead to new diagnostics and, someday, treatments

First Opinion Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox: As a Parkinson’s patient, I felt a little left behind by biology’s century — until now

Exclusive Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: ‘It was my call’: Stanford president defends decision not to correct key paper in misconduct investigation

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Genentech review of Tessier-Lavigne paper finds no evidence of fraud — but hints at a different misconduct case

Special Report Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Research misconduct allegations put Stanford’s president — and science — under an uncomfortable spotlight

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

‘It is a balance’: Scientists grapple with ethics of cutting-edge stem cell research

Health Usha Lee McFarling

MRI scans reveal disparate impact of poverty and other ‘toxic stress’ on brains of Black children

A STAT Investigation Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: ‘I’m just disgusted’: How alleged sexual misconduct stole one student’s passion for academic science

Biotech Matthew Herper and Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: ‘This is not a cure’: Consensus begins to emerge on new Alzheimer’s drug

In the Lab Megan Molteni

On the long road to treating Huntington’s genetic stutter, scientists return to overlooked clues

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor

Health Megan Molteni

Brain implants that translate paralyzed patients’ thoughts into speech creep closer to reality

In the Lab Brittany Trang

Faster brain imaging technique seems to overcome limitations of current MRI scans

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Human neurons implanted in a rodent’s brain lead a rat to water — and make it drink

Biotech Damian Garde

FDA approves ALS drug from Amylyx, giving patients a much-needed treatment option