August 15, 2025

STAT+ | Duke scientists seemed to have developed a ‘Holy Grail’ of cancer treatment. Then the truth came out

An investigation into a fraudulent cancer breakthrough, a test for the future president of MIT, and a new age of doubt in science.

By Mike Damiano — Boston Globe


STAT+ | MIT president Sally Kornbluth responds to Globe report on academic fraud case at Duke

Kornbluth responded to a report detailing her time as an administrator at Duke amid a cancer research scandal more than a decade ago.

By Nick Stoico — Boston Globe


STAT+ | Layers of political oversight have ‘put sand in the gears’ of NIH grant funding

How Trump and DOGE reshaped the NIH: delayed funds, canceled projects, and scientists scrambling to save research as billions in grants stall

By Anil Oza, Megan Molteni, and Angus Chen



Tumor cells (shown in blue) are attacked by immune system T cells lymphocytes (green).
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STAT+ | Modified antibody shows promise for treating metastatic cancer, early trial shows

A modified CD40 antibody shrank or eliminated tumors in six of 12 metastatic cancer patients without the side effects that plagued earlier CD40 studies.

By Veronica Paulus and Marissa Russo


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