Biological News

• Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next
  
  Researchers have banded together to find safe, virtual ways to teach the principles of microbiology and epidemiology.
  New York Times.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• Researchers ID potential target for anti-viral drugs to battle COVID
  
  Researchers have published the first structural biology analysis of a section of the COVID-19 viral RNA called the stem-loop II motif. ...
  Science Daily.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• TikTok user claims DNA test reveals dad isn't related to her, biological father is a billionaire
  
  A TikTok user recently revealed that she discovered a shocking secret about her family after taking a DNA test.
  Fox News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Parents must adopt their OWN biological twins in surrogate controversy
  
  The Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids has allowed Jordan and Tammy Myers full access to their twins - Eames and Ellison.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Idaho doctor will trial after admitting he impregnated patients with his own sperm
  
  Kelli Rowlette, 39, filed a lawsuit against Dr Gerald E Mortimer (left and right) in 2018 after an Ancestry.com DNA test identified the 77-year-old Idaho Falls physician as her biological father.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021.
• A biological strategy reveals how efficient brain circuitry develops spontaneously
  
  Researchers have explained how the regularly structured topographic maps in the visual cortex of the brain could arise spontaneously to efficiently process visual information. ...
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021.
• Could CRISPR Eradicate Acne?
  
  Acne treatment could be entering a new phase using CRISPR and synthetic biology innovation.
  Forbes.  Monday, 11 Jan 2021.
• Biological mom accuses adoptive parents of foul play after two boys go missing
  
  California police are still searching for two children who were reported missing by their adopted parents last month, Fox Nation host Nancy Grace said in a new episode of "Crime Stories."
  Fox News.  Friday, 8 Jan 2021.
• Study Says Transgender Women Maintain Athletic Advantage Over Biological Women
  
  The findings could change guidelines for the Olympic games
  Daily Caller.  Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021.
• Pandemic deaths and economic fallout are top Alabama story
  
  A biological threat that once seemed far removed from Alabama dominated both state news and everyday life like nothing else in 2020. ...
  Washington Times.  Monday, 28 Dec 2020.
• A Cybersecurity Checklist For 2021: 6 Ways To Help You Protect Yourself In Coming Year
  
  2020 was the year of the virus, from both a biological and a digital perspective.
  Forbes.  Saturday, 26 Dec 2020.
• The Biology of Mistletoe
  
  Best known as a holiday trimming, the parasitic plant is a botanical luminary in its own right
  Smithsonian.  Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020.
• Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier, Mitigating Some Effects of Climate Change
  
  But two wrongs don't make a right, as both problems are altering the birds' biology
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 21 Dec 2020.
• Kingston Smith missing: Boy, 2, abducted by biological mother, Chicago police say
  
  Police are searching for a 2-year-old boy they say was abducted by his biological mother on Chicago's West Side.
  ABC News.  Friday, 11 Dec 2020.
• CRISPR Gene Editing: Owning the Future of Medicine
  
  In the Century of Biology, it pays to own the future of curing disease at the root.
  Zacks.  Thursday, 10 Dec 2020.

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