VEXAS syndrome is a rare adult-onset inflammatory disease linked to bone-marrow mutations. Doctors explain why it is often ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday have already moved on to maize, millets. ‘What works with rice is potentially ...

One of North America’s most endangered species is getting a new lease on life thanks to technological innovations. This past ...

As tissues age, they quietly accumulate many mutations that can drive cancer. In the hematopoietic system, such mutations often appear in otherwise healthy individuals as clonal hematopoiesis (CH), a ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

A newly identified and rare genetic variant slows the growth of mutated blood stem cells, researchers report, and it reduces the risk of leukemia. The findings offer insight into why some people are ...

While duplicating Fido isn’t quite the ethical minefield that duplicating Uncle Fred would be, it does raise questions on where biotechnology is headed. Tom Brady in West Hollywood, Calif., in 2023 on ...

Arthur Murray loves, and needs, his dog Stella. The owner of a vineyard in Healdsburg, California, Murray was looking for a dog who could help protect the family and their land. When he discovered the ...

Pets just don't live long enough. We spend time, emotion, energy and lots of money caring for them, all while knowing we'll invariably outlive them. It's unsurprising, then, that with the advent of ...