Biotech Stories for 2010

New Tech Promises Cheap Gene Sequencing In Minutes 121
Scientists Decipher 3-Billion-Year-Old Genomic Fossils 217
Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria 117
Diabetic Men May Be Able To Grow Their Own Insulin-Producing Cells 148
Dolly the Sheep Alive Again 233
Hong Kong Team Stores 90GB of Data In 1g of Bacteria 164
Scientists Attach Bar Codes To Embryos 69
Spine Implant Helps Paralyzed People Exercise 39
Problem-Solving Bacteria Crack Sudoku 86
Bacteria Used To Fix Cracked Concrete 177
Muscle Mice 116
Lizard Previously Unknown To Science Found On Vietnam Menu 133
Gold Nanoparticles Turn Trees Into Streetlights 348
Central Dogma of Genetics May Not Be So Central 196
Scientists Turn Skin Into Blood 229
Chip Allows Blind People To See 231
Miniature Human Livers Grown In Lab 154
Immune System Killer Mechanism Identified 88
US Says Genes Should Not Be Patentable 127
Stopping Malaria By Immunizing Mosquitoes 100
From Touchpad To Thought-pad 92
Flexible, Stretchable, Implantable LED Arrays Created 147
UK-Developed 'DNA Spray' Marks Dutch Thieves With Trackable Water 191
Supercomputer Sets Protein-Folding Record 63
The Spread of Do-It-Yourself Biotech 206
Genetically Engineered Silkworms Spin Spider Silk 188
Gambling On Bacteria 128
iPhone Opens Up Bluetooth For Data 129
Robot Controlled By Rat Brain 170
Laptop Heat May Cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome' 195
Genetically Altering Trees To Sequester More Carbon 279
Non-Embryonic Stem Cells Developed From Skin Cells 175
Light Could Make Paralyzed Limbs Move 63
Rewiring a Damaged Brain 92
Senate Nominee Claims Scientists Have Created Mice With Human Brains 11
Deleting Certain Gene Makes Mice Smarter 259
Two Research Groups Create 'Electric Skin' 52
Is DIY Algae Farming the Future? 322
US Military Eyes the Glow of Fireflies 98
Using Wisdom Teeth To Make Stem Cells 82
Solar Cells Made From Bioluminescent Jellyfish 82
Translating Brain Waves Into Words 72
Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Tech From MIT 128
DNA-Less 'Red Rain' Cells Reproduce At 121 C 149
Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer 249
NIH Orders Halt To Embryonic Stem Cell Research 593
Skeletal Identification 76
Court Rules Against Stem Cell Policy 388
Did Sea Life Arise Twice? 238
Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain 830
Scientists Develop Brain-Microchip Bridge 118
Gene Mutation Caused 2009 H1N1 Virus Spread 158
Genetically Modified Canola Spreads To Wild Plants 414
Researchers Pinpoint Cause of Gluten Allergies 177
Gasoline From Thin Air 283
Regenerating Muscle Cells With Newt-Inspired Tech 88
Gamers Beat Algorithms At Finding Protein Structures 80
Fly Eyes Used For Solar Cells 73
How a Key Enzyme Repairs Sun-Damaged DNA 97
Rat Lung Successfully Regenerated and Transplanted 59
First Halophile Potatoes Harvested 117
First 'Malaria-Proof' Mosquito Created 261
Arctic Bacteria Used To Make Cool Vaccines 74
Antidepressants In the Water Are Making Shrimp Suicidal 182
Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer 258
UK Designer Grows Clothes From Bacteria 93
Antibody Discovered To Boost HIV Vaccines 144
Stanford, U.C. Berkeley Offer Students Genetic Testing 104
Implantable Eye Telescope Finally FDA Approved 112
Poor Vision? There's an App For That 146
What Bilski Means For Biotech Patents 47
Consumer Guide To Stem Cell Clinics 40
Doubled Yield For Bio-Fuel From Waste 97
Cancer Cells Detected Using $400 Digital Camera 90
Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness 54
Researchers Create Lung On a Chip 45
Rats Breathe Air From Lungs Grown In the Lab 112
NY Governor Wants To Expand DNA Database 169
1000 Genomes Project Releases Pilot Genome Data 55
Stem Cell Tourist Dies From Treatment In Thailand 451
Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded 256
Where Does IT Fall Within Your Organization? 243
Newly Discovered Bacteria Could Aid Oil Cleanup 167
Stem Cell Tourists Take Costa Rica Off the Agenda 206
Human Gene Patent Challenged In Australian Court 90
Artificial Cornea To Reach Patients This Year 94
OH Senate Passes Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids 197
Part-Human, Part-Machine Transistor Devised 77
Sticky Rice Is the Key To Super Strong Mortar 194
Breakthrough In Stem Cell Culturing 57
New Ebola Drug 100% Effective In Monkeys 129
The Rise of Nanofoods 369
A Genetically Engineered Fly That Can Smell Light 111
Patents On Synthetic Life "Extremely Damaging" 171
Stem Cell Patent Halts Hospital's Collection 223
The Economist Calls For "Open Source" Biology 80
Synthetic Genome Drives Bacterial Cell 174
Scientists Implant Biofuel Cells Into Rats 164
Foldit Player May Have Created a Useful Protein 144
Researchers Restore Youthful Memory In Aging Mice 145
Scientists Question Safety of New Airport Scanners 357
Chemical Cocktail Can Keep a Heart Viable 10 Days, Outside the Body 97
"Cyber-Roach" Forces Rethink On Animal Movement 41
Researchers Create Logic Circuits From DNA 94
Genetic Testing Coming To a Drugstore Near You 110
Bio-Detector Scans For 3,000 Viruses and Bacteria 103
First Superbugs, Now Superweeds 435
Air Force Treating Wounds With Lasers and Nanotech 92
Crowdsourcing HIV Research 52
Gene Therapy Restores Sight To Blind 157
Aphid's Color Comes From a Fungus Gene 132
Can Oil-Eating Bacteria Help Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill? 139
FDA Approves Vaccine For Prostate Cancer 194
NASA Expands Role of International Space Station 153
How To Grow a Head 355
Colleague Comes Forward To Defend Anthrax Suspect 164
Ultrathin Silk-Based Brain Implants 98
Wisconsin Designates State Microbe 102
UK Scientists Create a Three-Parent Embryo 201
DNA Cancer Codes Cracked By International Effort 106
MIT Researchers Harness Viruses To Split Water 347
A New "Medical Lab On a Chip" For Every Home? 56
Wake Forest Researchers Swap Skin Grafts For Cell Spraying 123
Twins' DNA Foils Police 209
Gonorrhea As the Next Superbug 456
Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass 586
US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid 263
Good SAT Scores Lead To Higher Egg Donor Prices 175
Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong? 981
RNA-Loaded Nanoparticles Fight Cancer 69
Scientists "Print" Human Vein With 3D Printer 94
Scientists Use Sex-Crazed Bugs As Pesticide 107
Frog Foam Photosynthesis 21
Scientists Demonstrate Mammalian Tissue Regeneration 260
Blind Soldier Uses Tongue To "See" 107
Golden Nanocages To Put the Heat On Cancer Cells 97
Yale Law Student Wants Government To Have Everybody's DNA 544
Nose Scanners — the New Face of Biometrics? 115
Hunting Disease Origins By Whole-Genome Sequencing 124
Wood Eating Gribbles May Hold Key To Biofuels 4
Doctors Skirt FDA To Heal Patients With Stem Cells 394
New "Hairy" Material Is Almost Perfectly Hydrophobic 133
The Computer That Can Read Your Mind 145
Printing Replacement Body Parts 101
The Role of Human Culture In Natural Selection 337
Newborns' Blood Used To Build Secret DNA Database 263
"Immortal Molecule" Evolves — How Close To Synthetic Life? 270
The Blind Shall See Again, But When? 226
Greenlander's DNA Sequenced, After 5,000 Years 80
Re-Engineering the Immune System 175
Virus-Detecting "Lab On a Chip" Developed At BYU 71
Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems 268
"Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate 347
$350 Test Screens For 100 Single-Gene Disorders 4
Next X-Prize — $10M For a Brain-Computer Interface 175
DIY Texting System For Really Underground Radio 98
Monitor Your Health 24x7 With the WIN Human Recorder 66
Neurons Created Directly From Skin Cells 231
"Normal" Prions May Protect Myelin 81
Open Source Software Meets Do-It-Yourself Biology 113
Scientists To Breed the Auroch From Extinction 277
WHO To Investigate Handling of Swine Flu Information, Vaccine Orders 372
Nanowires Inject Molecules Into Living Cells 45
One Variety of Sea Slugs Cuts Out the Energy Middleman 232
Organ Damage In Rats From Monsanto GMO Corn 766
Scientists and Lawyers Argue For Open US DNA Database 120
The 9 Most Tested Lab Animals 235
How Norway Fought Staph Infections 595
Scientists Measure How Quickly Plant Genes Mutate 67
Machine Translates Thoughts Into Speech 93