Biotech Stories for 2020

Can mRNA Biotechnology be Adapted to Improve Flu Vaccines and Fight Cancer? 75
Boston Biotech Conference Led To 245,000 COVID-19 Cases Across US 43
The World's First DNA 'Tricorder' In Your Pocket 54
Celebrating the Path-Breaking Research That Lead to Coronavirus Vaccines 134
New Research Shows What We Can Accomplish by Manipulating Biology 24
'I Tried the World's First No-Kill, Lab-Grown Chicken Burger' 106
Singapore Becomes First Country To Approve Lab-Grown Meat 78
Researchers 3-D Print Biomedical Parts With Supersonic Speed 14
McDonald's To Launch a Plant-Based Burger: The McPlant 113
Scientists Discover Two New Mammals in Australia 27
Scientists Discover New Molecule, Possible Basis For Life, on Saturn's Moon Titan 19
Tesco, One of the World's Largest Supermarket Operators, Sets 300% Sales Target For Plant-Based Alternatives To Meat 126
Ailing Scientist Hopes to Become the World's First Cyborg 68
Researchers Use DNA to Store 'The Wizard of Oz' - Translated Into Esperanto 74
A Volunteer Supercomputer Team is Hunting for Covid Clues 91
Right to Repair Advocates Accuse Medical Device Manufacturers of Profiteering 55
3D-Printed Plant-Based Steaks Could Arrive In 2021 153
In America, Only Three States Use Google-Apple Contact Tracing App 42
Could Brain Diseases Like Alzheimer's Be Treated With Flashing Lights? 42
A New AI-Powered Eye Exam Reduces Errors By 74% 34
UK Halts Hydroxychloroquine Trial, Calling It 'Useless' for Covid-19 Patients 245
How 'Technoprogressive' Transhumanists Are Enhancing Their Bodies With Technology 108
Biotech Startup Aims to Make Use of Humanity's Genetic Outliers 26
'Project BioMed' Fights for the Right to Repair Medical Devices 30
America's FDA Halts Bill Gates-Backed Coronavirus Testing Program 105
Paris Tries AI That Counts How Many People are Wearing Face Masks 14
3D Printed N95 Montana Mask Design Released Under GPLv3 52
America's Government Approves Release of Genetically-Engineered Mosquitoes 84
Could Open-Source Medicine Prepare Us For The Next Pandemic? 54
Several Pharmaceutical Companies Are Racing To Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine 76
Aggregate Data From Connected Scales Shows Minimal Weight Gains During Lockdowns 55
10 More Virus Researchers Say 'Virtually No Chance' Coronavirus Escaped From a Lab 401
Why the World Will Look To India For a Coronavirus Vaccine 102
Facing Criticism, Germany Switches to Google/Apple's Decentralized Contact Tracing 71
Company Spends $25M Building Ventilators That Are Now No Longer Needed 113
How Australia's New Contact-Tracing App Tries to Fight Covid-19 While Protecting Privacy 66
Quantum Computing Milestone: Researchers Compute With 'Hot' Silicon Qubits 18
'Claim That Covid-19 Came From Lab In China Completely Unfounded Scientists Say' 411
University of Washington Lab Will Begin Testing of Thousands For COVID-19 Antibodies 64
'No Clear Evidence' Hydroxychloroquine Works Against COVID-19 548
A Coronavirus Vaccine 'May Be Six Months Away' 203
Apple Begins Making Millions of Face Shields and Sources 20 Million Face Masks 40
Elon Musk Shares a Video: Making Ventilators From Tesla Parts 91
Mobilizing 3D Printers Around the World Against the Coronovirus 25
Stanford Begins America's First Large-Scale Test For Coronavirus Antibodies 82
Coronavirus: Could Etsy Help Save the World? 55
America's FDA Eases Restrictions on Mask-Sterilizing Technology Amid Coronavirus Shortages 67
US Officials Use Mobile Ad Location Data to Study How COVID-19 Spreads 66
America's FDA Grants Emergency Approval for a 15-Minute Coronavirus Test 88
Some Researchers are Trying Mass Testing for Covid-19 Antibodies 43
To Slow Coronavirus Spread, Singapore Creates a Contact-Tracing App 39
America's FDA Authorizes Fast Coronavirus Testing System 105
Scientists Find Toolkit To Aid Repair of Damaged DNA 25
US Regulators Quickly Approve Roche's New and Faster COVID-19 Test 238
Starbucks Embraces Fake Meat, Starting In Canada 76
How Artificial Shrimps Could Change the World 102
Is Google Facing a Backlash From Medical Record Vendors? 12
US Consumers Might Get Their First Taste of Transgenic Salmon This Year 97
Injecting the Flu Vaccine Into a Tumor Gets the Immune System To Attack It 30