Biotech Stories for 2016

You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say 261
Flickering Lights May Illuminate A Path To Alzheimer's Treatment 30
Human Cells Naturally 'Eat' Silicon Nanowires 42
Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice 12
IBM's Watson Used In Life-Saving Medical Diagnosis 83
Researchers Successfully Fight Colon Cancer Using Immunotherapy 40
Our Brains Use Binary Logic, Say Neuroscientists 69
Sugar-Free Products Might Actually Stop Us From Getting Slimmer 172
Researchers Successfully Achieve Suspended Animation With Mouse Embryos 28
Brain Cancer Patients Live Longer By Sending Electric Fields Through Their Heads 74
Scientists Believe There's Finally A Cure For The Common Cold 193
Feeding Seaweed To Cows Eliminates Methane Emissions 283
Chemical Traces On Your Phone Reveal Your Lifestyle, Scientists Say 80
First Color Images Produced By an Electron Microscope 46
Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective 372
Harvard Researchers Print World's First Heart-On-A-Chip 20
Scientific Breakthrough Increases Plant Yields By One Third 197
'Nano-Machines' Win European Trio Chemistry Nobel Prize 16
Theranos To Shut Down Its Blood-Testing Facilities, Shrink Workforce By 40% 66
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel Prize In Medicine For Study of Cell Recycling 15
Feds Go After Mylan For Scamming Medicaid Out of Millions On EpiPen Pricing 198
Microsoft Will 'Solve' Cancer Within The Next 10 Years By Treating It Like A Computer Virus, Says Company 259
Vanity Fair Blames The Failure of Theranos On Silicon Valley 128
Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Techies Improving The World? 537
Should We Seed Life On Alien Worlds? 231
Video Shows How Bacteria Invade Antibiotics And Transform Into Superbugs 87
Should We Kill All The Mosquitoes? 470
Brain-Zapping Gadgets Need Regulation, Say Scientists 51
FDA Bans 19 Chemicals Used In Antibacterial Soaps 248
'Longest Living Human' Says He Is Ready For Death At 145 314
US Patients Battle EpiPen Prices And Regulations By Shopping Online 396
Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? 190
Wrong Chemical Dumped Into Olympic Pools Made Them Green 180
How The Navy Tried To Turn Sharks into Torpedos 60
8 Paralyzed Patients Learn To Walk Again Using Virtual Reality 17
Google Ventures CEO and Founder Bill Maris Is Leaving 13
6 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels of Chemicals In Drinking Water, Says Study 166
Scientist Who Sparked 'A Revolution in Chemistry' Dies at 70 41
Stem Cell Researchers Can Now Combine Animal and Human Embryos In The US 92
Peter Thiel Is Interested In Harvesting The Blood Of The Young 373
Google's Alphabet and GSK Forge $715 Million Bioelectronic Firm To Fight Diseases Without Meds 27
Elizabeth Holmes Finally Releases Theranos Data, Including A 'miniLab' 40
Florida Regulators OK Plan To Increase Toxins In Water 182
'Sister Clones' Of Dolly The Sheep Have Aged Like Any Other Sheep, Study Says 66
Kurzweil Argues Technology Improves The World, Compares DNA to Code 203
Can Iris-Scanning ID Systems Tell the Difference Between a Live and Dead Eye? 93
CRISPR: Chinese Scientists To Pioneer Gene-Editing Trial On Humans 93
Scientists Find Chemical-Free Way To Extend Milk's Shelf Life For Up To 3 Weeks 258
New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana 416
Encrypted DNA Storage Investigated by DOE Researchers 42
Slashdot Asks: Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat? 351
A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are In Decline 321
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Banned From Owning a Lab 146
Robot Stingray Is Powered By Rat Heart Cells 35
Theranos Faces Congressional Inquiry Over Faulty Blood Tests 186
Researchers Develop Electronic Nose To Sniff Out Pesticides and Nerve Gas 23
Stop Bashing GMO Food, Say 109 Nobel Laureates 470
Ultra-Thin Solar Cells Can Be Bent Around A Pencil 51
Cancer Is An Evolutionary Mechanism To 'Autocorrect' Our Gene Pool, Suggests Paper 262
Finnish Scientist Provides Another Explanation For The 'Impossible' EM Drive 299
WHO: Drinking Extremely Hot Coffee, Tea 'Probably' Causes Cancer 274
Repurposing Drugs To Tackle Cancer 53
Amazon Faces $350K Fine For Shipping 'Amazing Liquid Fire' 202
Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos 65
23 Seriously Ill MS Patients Recover After 'Breakthrough' Stem Cell Treatment 74
Scientists Announce Plans For Synthetic Human Genomes 57
Antibiotic-Resistant E Coli Reaches The US For The First Time 203
FBI Wants Biometric Database Hidden From Privacy Act 81
Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? 287
Ingestible Medical Robots Could Remove Batteries From Stomachs 65
Scientists Hold A Secret Meeting To Consider Creating A Synthetic Human Genome 153
Scientists Grow Two-Week-Old Human Embryos In Lab For The First Time 140
In Search Of A Healthy Gut, One Man Turned To An Extreme DIY Fecal Transplant 136
First Successful Gene Therapy Against Human Aging? 244
CERN Releases 300TB of Large Hadron Collider Data Into Open Access 60
Report: Feds To Ban Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes For 2 Years 104
Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste 75
First Bionic Fingertip Implant Delivers Sensational Results 26
Pentagon Research Could Make 'Brain Modem' A Reality 86
More Medical Devices Should Be Open Source, Like This ECG 79
Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership 33
Researchers Claim Success In Removing HIV From Living Cells 107
Low-Cost "Paper Skin" Boasts Same Sensory Functions As the Real Thing 18
Fungi From Guts Of Herbivores Could Help Us Make Biofuel 44
Wearable Third Arm Gives Drummers Extra Robotic Rhythm 77
3D-Printed Ear Comes To Life After Implantation In Mice 25
Self-Propelling Microparticles Spot Ricin In Minutes 21
DNA Makes Lifeless Materials Shapeshift 26
Ethics Panel Endorses Mitochondrial Therapy, But Says Start With Male Embryos 125
U.K. Researcher Receives Permission To Edit Genes In Human Embryos 64
Researchers Use CRISPR To Repair Genetic Defect That Causes Blindness 46
US Regulators Find Serious Deficiencies At Theranos Lab 66
Fraud Detected In Science Research That Suggested GMO Crops Were Harmful 357
Sensors Slip Into the Brain, Then Dissolve When Their Job Is Done 20
First Children Have Been Diagnosed In 100,000 Genomes Project 75
New Class of Sound Wave Gentle Enough To Use In Biomedical Devices 14
German Carpenter's Testicluar Valve Could Mean An On/Off Switch For Sperm 287
DNA Manufacturing Enters the Age of Mass Production 82
Gene Editing Offers Hope For Treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 48