Biotech Stories for 2012

FDA Closer To Approving Biotech Salmon 204
Bee Venom Has "Botox-Like Effect," Is Worth 7 Times As Much As Gold 248
Human Cloning Possible Within 50 Years, Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Claims 233
Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests 45
Fast DNA Origami Opens Way For Nanoscale Machines 21
Researchers Build Water Soluble Chips 52
Brain Cells Made From Urine 116
Hagfish Slime Could Make Super-Strong Clothes 82
Pioneering Transplant Surgeon Joseph Murray Dead at 93 24
Newly Developed RNA-Based Vaccine Could Offer Lifelong Protection From the Flu 156
Implant Translates Written Words To Braille, Right On the Retina 75
Genspace: New York City's Community Biolab (Video) 29
Nanoparticles Stop Multiple Sclerosis In Mice 50
A Better Thought-Controlled Computer Cursor 34
Artificial Muscles Pack a Mean Punch 139
Sequenced Pig Genome Could Help Combat Human Diseases 64
Artificial Wombs In the Near Future? 367
Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago 637
Better Brain Implants With Ultrathin Carbon Fiber Electrodes 82
'Treasure Trove' In Oceans May Bring Revolutions In Medicine and Industry 107
Ear-Powered Medical Devices In Development 20
Proteins Made To Order 51
A Piezoelectric Pacemaker That Is Powered By Your Heartbeat 84
Climbing 103 Floors On a 'Bionic' Leg 117
Designing DNA Specific Bio-Weapons 227
Gut Bacteria Cocktail May End Need for Fecal Transplants 183
Using Winemaking Waste For Making Fuel 152
Making Biodegradable Computer Chips Out of Spider Silk 55
Prefab Greenhouse + Ardunio Controls = Automated Agriculture (Video) 117
Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All 315
Supreme Court To Decide If Monsanto GMO Patents Are Valid 308
Lab-Made Eggs Produce Healthy Mice 81
ROSALIND: An Addictive Bioinformatics Learning Site 38
New Cell-To-Cell Communication Process Could Revolutionize Bioengineering 49
Woman Successfully Grows Ear From Arm 74
First Mammals Observed Regenerating Tissue 89
Lab-Grown Leather Could Be a Reality In 5 Years 165
Seaweed is Good for You and Can Be Tasty, Too (Video) 109
Monkeys Made Smarter With Prosthetic Device 102
Stem Cells Turn Hearing Back On 101
GAO Slams DHS Over BioWatch Biological Defense System 88
Exposing the Machinery of the Resistome 23
Function of 80% of the Human Genome Charted 112
Wood Pulp Extract Stronger Than Carbon Fiber Or Kevlar 208
Researchers Engineer Light-Activated Skeletal Muscle 20
DNA Analysis Suggests Humans Interbred With Denisovans 157
The Case Against DNA 166
If Extinct Species Can Be Brought Back... Should We? 299
Biodiesel From Sewage Sludge 88
Bionic Eye Lets Blind Woman Experience Vision 52
San Diego Zoo Creates Biomimicry Incubator 76
Harvard Creates Cyborg Tissues 108
Forensic Test Predicts Eye and Hair Color From DNA 73
How Long Do You Want To Live? 813
OSU's Microbial Fuel Cell Could Make Waste Treatment an Energy Source 70
Lance Armstrong and the Science of Drug Testing 482
Fathers Pass Along More Mutations As They Age 131
California Wants Genetically Modified Foods To Be Labelled 559
Blood Cells Converted Into Chemical Sensors 35
Birth Control For Men Edges Closer 407
US Court Sides With Gene Patents 255
Scientists Store Entire Textbook In DNA 160
Australian Billionaire Wants To Build Jurassic Park-Style Resort 409
Pills With Digestible Microchips Approved By US Drug Agency 163
FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments 216
Controlling Monkey Brains and Behavior With Light 77
Reverse-Engineered Irises Fool Eye-Scanners 98
Contest To Sequence Centenarians Kicks Off 74
"G-Prize" To Recognize Innovation In Synthetic Biology 16
Nanoparticle Completely Eradicates Hepatitis C Virus 104
Artificial Jellyfish Built From Silicone and Rat Cells 61
Gene Therapy Could Soon Be Approved In Europe 44
Patents On Genes: Round Two 85
An Olympic Games For Enhanced Athletes? 245
Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Diabetes Treatment 156
Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus 178
Scientists Resurrect 500-Million-Year-Old Gene Inside Modern Organism 135
Entrepreneur Offers Crowdfunding For Health Startups, Including His Own 35
Trying to Untangle Anarchist Attacks On Scientists 333
Cloned Horses Ok To Compete In Olympics 87
Human Stem Cell Transplants Successfully Reversed Diabetes In Mice 92
Injected Proteins Protect Mice From Lethal Radiation Dose 59
Biotech Report Says IP Spurs Innovation 126
Cyanide-Producing GM Grass Linked To Texas Cattle Deaths 305
Debate Simmers Over Science of Food Pairing 111
Rudimentary Liver Grown In a Dish 129
Do It Yourself Biology Research, Past and Present 108
Computers May Be As Good As (Or Better Than) Human Biocurators 35
Too Many Biomedical Graduate Students, Not Enough Jobs 226
Monsanto May Have To Repay 10 Years of GM Soya Royalties In Brazil 377
Vein Grown From Her Own Stem Cells Saves 10-Year-Old 169
Antibody Cocktail Cures Monkeys of Ebola 101
MIT Creates Glucose Fuel Cell To Power Implanted Brain-Computer Interfaces 95
Hungarian Sequencing Company Vets DNA For 'Gypsy Or Jew' Genes 467
Publicly Funded GMO Research Facing Destruction In Italy 245
Sequencing the Unborn 146
World's Largest Biometric Database 117
The Race To $1,000 Human Genome Sequencing 153
Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food 334
Stanford Bioengineers Create Rewritable Digital Data Storage In DNA 56
EU Blocks France's Ban of Monsanto's GM Maize 285
California Considers DNA Privacy Law 119
Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Lifespan 182
Biochemist Creates CO2-Eating Light That Runs On Algae 121
Crowdsourcing Game Helps Diagnose Infectious Diseases 25
Silkworms Inspire Smart Materials 10
Scientists Clone Sheep With 'Good' Fat 233
Artificial DNA Replicates and 'Evolves' 126
Avian Flu Researcher Plans to Defy Dutch Ban On Publishing Paper 118
Gold Nanoparticles Help Red Blood Cells Deliver Drugs 36
Engineered Stem Cells Seek Out and Kill HIV In Mice 95
Treating Depression With Electrodes Inside the Brain 237
Pentagon Orders Dual-Focus Contact Lens Prototypes 41
Chinese Firms Ignore Licensing Mandate For Stem Cell Therapy 27
Double-Helix Model of DNA Paper Published 59 Years Ago 112
Generating Alcohol Fuels From Electrical Current and CO2 82
Ask Slashdot: Store Umbilical Cord Blood — and If So, Where? 321
Researchers Create Living Human Gut-On-a-Chip 22
Supreme Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents 91
Researchers Tweak Mouse Neurons To Activate Specific Memories 29
Peoples' Immune Systems Can Now Be Duplicated In Mice 89
'IMAX Movie of Body' Allows Stanford Geneticist To Stop Diabetes In Its Tracks 137
South Korean Scientists Prepare To Clone Wooly Mammoth 195
New York State Passes DNA Requirement For Almost All Convicted Criminals 260
Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee 312
Gamers Outdo Computers At DNA Sequence Alignments 61
Solving Climate Change By Bioengineering Humans? 363
Amoeboid Robot Moves Autonomously Without Centralized Brain 38
Training an Immune System To Kill Cancer: a Universal Strategy 201
Magnetic Levitation Detects Proteins, Could Diagnose Disease 26
Museum of Engineered Organisms Opens In Pittsburgh 54
Controversial Bioethicist Resigns From Celltex 48
Flesh-eating Bacteria Inspires Highly Selective Instant Adhesive 52
Stem Cell Firm May Have Administered Unproven Treatments 221
Flatworms Defy Aging Through Cell Division Tricks 106
Stem Cells That May Make Eggs Found In Women 142
"Open Source" Drug Development Company Launched 140
Russian Scientists Revive Plant From 30,000-Year-Old Seeds 162
Carbohydrate-Based Synthesis To Replace Petroleum Derived Hydrocarbons? 166
Commercial, USB-Powered DNA Sequencer Coming This Year 95
Test-Tube Burgers Coming Soon 276
Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies To Stay Secret... For Now 111
DNA Nanorobot Halts Growth of Cancer Cells 74
300k Organic Farmers To Sue Monsanto For Seed Patent Claims 617
FDA Unveils Biosimilars Guidance 30
Researchers, Biosecurity Board Debate How Open Virus Research Should Be 66
Mild Electric Shock To Brain May Boost Spatial Memory 65
Fracture Putty Can Heal a Broken Bone In Days 236
DARPA Investing In Electric Brain Stimulation To Train Snipers Quickly 124
Norway Brings DNA Sequencing To National Healthcare 91
FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce 332
In Small WV Town, Monsanto Faces Class-Action Suit Over Agent Orange Chemical 185
Science Panel Recommends Censoring Bird Flu Papers 126
Building the Bionic Man 129
UCSD Researchers Create Artificial Cell Membrane 54
Embryonic Stem Cell Retinal Implants Seem Safe, So Far 91
Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed Into Ethanol 226
Lawyer Demands Pacemaker Vendor Supply Source Code 334
DoD Using Plant DNA To Combat Counterfeit Parts 39
Multiple Sclerosis Damage Washed Away By Stream of Young Blood 216
A DNA Sequencer Cheap Enough For (Some) Doctors' Offices 136
Totally Drug-Resistant TB Emerges In India 346
Gut Bacteria Can Control Diabetes 271
Salmon DNA Used In Data Storage Device 51
Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve 140
Researchers Develop Insect Powered Energy Source 69
Researchers Create First Genetically Modified Monkeys 134
Mouse Sperm Cells Grown In Vitro 121
Genetically Modifying Silk Worms For Super Silk 129