February 21, 2025
The Sloan-Kettering Institute was next door to Memorial Hospital (above), built on New York City's Upper East Side in 1939; the two combined in 1980.
Memorial Sloan Kettering/ Wikimedia Commons

Opinion: The ironic origin story behind Sloan Kettering

The men who built Sloan Kettering, one of the world’s leading cancer centers, also created and sold leaded gasoline — a destructive, carcinogenic poison.

By Daniel Stone


STAT+ | Why biotech’s future is threatened by zombies

In this week's edition of Adam's Biotech Scorecard, a look at what Cargo Therapeutics says about the industry at large.

By Adam Feuerstein


Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

Acceptances for biomedical graduate students, postdoctoral scholars scaled back as universities, medical centers await clarity on NIH research funding.

By Megan Molteni, Usha Lee McFarling, and Angus Chen



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What’s at stake in Friday’s court hearing on NIH research indirect cost cuts

Deep cuts to NIH facilities and administrative cost payments are being challenged as a violation of congressional budget authority

By Anil Oza


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