Biotech Stories for 2015

Allegations of Data Manipulation At Theranos 97
Meet the Scientist Who Injected Himself With 3.5 Million-Year-Old Bacteria 206
Geneticists Push For Databases Over Journals As Main Source of Information 31
Chipotle Plans To DNA Test Produce After E-Coli Outbreaks In Nine States 147
Rodent Neural Activity Has a Geometric Structure 27
Disease-Resistant Pigs Latest Win For Gene Editing Technology 125
MIT Researchers Develop Triple Helix MicroRNA Cancer Treatment 29
What If Someone Uses This DIY CRISPR Kit To Make Mutant Bacteria? 115
Researchers Are Developing Cure for Human Pain 151
Harvard Prof. Says Cure For Aging Could Emerge Within 5 Years 385
Washington Hosts Summit On Gene Editing and 'Designer Babies' 137
Japanese Company Makes Low-Calorie Noodles Out of Wood 159
Hospitals Can 3D Print a Patient's Vasculature For Aneurysm Pre-Op Practice 21
Gene Drive Turns Mosquitoes Into Malaria Fighters 69
A Post-Antibiotic Future Is Looming 137
Researchers Create Plant-Circuit Hybrid 39
FDA Signs Off On Genetically Modified Salmon Without Labeling 514
Scientists Grow Working Vocal Cord Tissue In the Lab 25
First Liquid-Cooling Laser Could Advance Biological Research 55
Experimental Drug Targeting Alzheimer's Disease Shows Anti-Aging Effects 101
DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored, Sold To 3rd Parties 187
Controversial Company Offers a New Way To Make a Baby 80
New vs. Old: a Comparison of 23andMe's Health Reports and the Raw Data 96
Why New Antibiotics Never Come To Market 345
Stanford Identifies Potential Security Hole In Genomic Data-Sharing Network 23
Bumblebees Used For Targeted Pesticide Deliveries 23
New Artificial Fingerprints Feel Texture, Hear Sound 21
FDA Approves Drug That Uses Herpes Virus To Fight Cancer 76
3D Printing Soft Body Parts: a Hard Problem That Just Got Easier 19
Google Snapping Up Top Biomedical Talent 76
Disruptive Bloodwork Startup May Offer Mostly Vaporware 174
Beware: FBI, Other Agencies Might Go After Your Voluntary DNA Records 132
A Fresh Take On Fake Meat 317
In 26 Hours, Sick Newborns Go From Genome Scan To Diagnosis 92
The Life-Saving Gifts of the World's Most Venomous Animal 49
Hi-Tech Body Implants and the Biohacker Movement 74
Scientists Hope To Attract Millions To "DNA.LAND" 32
Chinese Company To Sell Genetically Modified Micro Pigs as Pets 139
Source Code On Trial In DNA Matching Case 117
Scientists Control a Fly's Heartbeat With a Laser 17
Complex Living Brain Simulation Replicates Sensory Rat Behaviour 63
2015 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To 3 For DNA Repair 20
DARPA Jolts the Nervous System With Electricity, Lasers, Sound Waves, and Magnets 34
DNA Vaccine Sterilizes Mice, Could Lead To One-Shot Birth Control For Cats, Dogs 153
Majority of EU Nations Seek Opt-Out From Growing GM Crops 330
Dormant Virus Wakes Up In Some Patients With Lou Gehrig's Disease 47
Rogue Biohacking Is Not a Problem 43
ALS Patients Use a Brain Implant To Type 6 Words Per Minute 26
Rare "Healthy" Smokers Lungs Explained 175
Researchers Identify Newer and More Precise System For Genome Editing 33
Paralyzed Man Uses Own Brainwaves To Walk Again -- No Exoskeleton Required 35
Stem Cell-Derived Brain Mimics Predict Chemical Toxicity 16
UK Researcher Applies For Permission To Edit Embryo Genomes 62
The Ethical Issues Surrounding OSU's Lab-Grown Brains 190
Wasps Have Injected New Genes Into Butterflies 103
DNA-Based Advertising Redefines Commercial "Ad-Targeting" 31
Researchers Switch Neurons Off and On Using Noninvasive Ultrasound 37
Damaged Spinal Cord "Rewires" Itself With Help of Electrical Stimulation 30
Law Professor: Genetic Engineering Is (Probably) Protected By the First Amendment 127
DNA From Neanderthal Relative May Shake Up Human Family Tree 61
UK Researchers Developing Influenza-Resistant Birds 54
Genes and Ancient Remedies May Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance 30
EU Parliament Votes To Ban Cloning of Farm Animals 116
Pentagon Halts Work at Labs For Dangerous Pathogens After Anthrax Scare 50
New Russian Laboratory To Study Mammoth Cloning 45
Magnet-Steered Nano-Fish Could Deliver Drugs and Sweep Body Toxins 37
UNC Scientists Open Source Their Genomic Research 10
More Cities Use DNA To Catch Dog Owners Who Don't Pick Up Waste 177
Is a Universal Flu Vaccine On the Horizon? 96
Chinese Scientists Discover Structural Basis of Pre-mRNA Splicing 48
MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity 381
Intel's Collaborative Cancer Cloud, an Open Platform For Genome-Based Treatments 16
New Genes May Arise From Junk DNA 110
Researchers Grow Tiny Human Brain In Lab 244
Mice Brainpower Boosted With Alteration of a Single Gene 105
Implanted Optogenetic Light Switch Lets Scientists Flip Neurons On and Off 26
'Drinkable Book' Pages Clean Dirty Drinking Water 89
Octopus Genome Sequenced 43
Scotland To Ban GM Crops 361
Chemical Treatment Transforms Skin Cells Into Neurons 25
REMzen Claims They Can Help You Sleep Better (Video) 21
Want To Fight Climate Change? Stop Cows From Burping 299
The Biohacking Movement and Open Source Insulin 66
Genetically Modified Rice Makes More Food, Less Greenhouse Gas 295
Study: Certain Vaccines Could Make Diseases More Deadly 195
Eye Drops Could Dissolve Cataracts 70
Studies Find Genetic Signature of Native Australians In the Americas 103
How Drug Companies Seek To Exploit Rare DNA Mutations 93
Genetic Access Control Code Uses 23andMe DNA Data For Internet Racism 312
Scientists Arm Cells With Tiny Lasers 35
US House Committee Approves Anti-GMO Labeling Law 446
New Letters Added To the Genetic Alphabet 74
Help Save Endangered Rhinos by Making Artificial Horns (Video) 202
Checking Mammoth DNA Against Elephants Hints At How They Got Hairy 22
3-D Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning Could Strengthen Smartphone Security 30
Creating Bacterial "Fight Clubs" To Discover New Drugs 30
Genetic Rescue Efforts Could Help Coral Shrug Off Warmer Oceans 167
Controversial Trial of Genetically Modified Wheat Ends In Disappointment 188
NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years 57
Building the Face of a Criminal From DNA 59
Editing DNA For Fame and Fortune 62
An Origami Inspired Bacteria-Powered Battery 27
Spider Silk Finally Ready For Commercialization 48
How Biostamps Can Replace Clunky Biomedical Sensors 43
The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here 95
Hacking Your Body Through a Nerve In Your Neck 82
Sex-Switched Mosquitoes May Help In Fight Against Diseases 150
DNA On Pizza Crust Leads To Quadruple Murder Suspect 184
After a Year of Secret Field-Testing, Brain-Controlled Bionic Legs Are Here 50
Genetically Engineered Yeast Makes It Possible To Brew Morphine 333
Cocaine Use Can Now Be Tested In Fingerprints Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry 143
Biologists Create Self-Healing Concrete 94
Brainwave-Reading Patents Spike On Increase In Commercial Mind-Reading Apps 29
Electron Microscopes Close To Imaging Individual Atoms 55
Apple's Plans For Your DNA 101
A Light-Powered Retina Implant For the Blind 34
Chinese Scientists Claim To Have Genetically Modified Human Embryos 182
Breakthrough In Artificial Photosynthesis Captures CO2 In Acetate 128
A 2-Year-Old Has Become the Youngest Person Ever To Be Cryonically Frozen 313
New Chemical Tools Lead To Targeted Cancer Drugs 21
UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness 137
Plaque-busting Nanoparticles Could Help Fight Tooth Decay 68
Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder 104
Citizen Scientists Develop Eye Drops That Provide Night Vision 81
Robobug: Scientists Clad Bacterium With Graphene To Make a Working Cytobot 41
The One Thousand Genes You Could Live Without 111
Draconian Australian Research Law Hits Scientists 150
Scientists: It's Time To Resolve the Ethics of Editing Human Genome 299
Sloppy Biosafety Procedures Found At Federal Disease Center 21
Lawsuit Over Quarter Horse's Clone May Redefine Animal Breeding 172
Controlling Brain Activity With Magnetic Nanoparticles 42
New Molecular 3D Printer Can Create Billions of Compounds 132
The Origin of Life and the Hidden Role of Quantum Criticality 188
Inside the Weird World of 3D Printed Body Parts 61
NASA Ames Reproduces the Building Blocks of Life In Laboratory 135
Xeroxed Gene May Have Paved the Way For Large Human Brain 93
Police Use DNA To Generate a Suspect's Face 100
100 Years of Chemical Weapons 224
Drug-Resistant Malaria May Pose Major Threat 71
Human DNA Enlarges Mouse Brains 193
Storing Data In Synthetic Fossils 36
Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages 369
Researcher Developing Tattoo Removal Cream 164
US Military Working On 3D Printing Exact Replicas of Bones & Limbs 80
Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant 378
British MPs Approve 3-Parent Babies 199
Lowering the Cost of Biofuel Production 56
Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years In Human Cells 183
Scientists Float Soap Bubbles As a More Effective Drug Delivery Method 15
New Study Says Governments Should Ditch Reliance On Biofuels 224
FDA Wants To Release Millions of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In Florida 265
Scientists Discover How To Track Natural Errors In DNA Replication 19
Scientists Determine New Way To Untangle Proteins By Unboiling an Egg 155
New Advance Confines GMOs To the Lab Instead of Living In the Wild 130
Microbots Deliver Medical Payload In Living Creature For the First Time 41
Drug Company CEO Blames Drug Industry For Increased Drug Resistance 136
Hibernation Protein May Halt Alzheimer's 79