The Scan

Feb 14, 2020

Metabolite Trail

The Economist reports that it is increasingly easier to analyze the metabolites people give off, potentially revealing personal information about them.

Feb 14, 2020

Not Meeting Standards

The Los Angeles Times reports that only a third of California students meet the state's new science standards.

Feb 14, 2020

Just a Few Changes...

A controversial paper on the gender gap in science has been corrected, according to BuzzFeed News.

Feb 14, 2020

Science Studies Examine Archaic Admixture in West Africans, Variant Linked to Cannabis Dependence Risk

In Science this week: evidence of interbreeding between the ancestors of West Africans and an unknown archaic human, and more.

Feb 13, 2020

New Reagent Needed

Quality control checks uncover reagent flaw in some 2019-nCoV testing kits sent by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Feb 13, 2020

Another STAP Paper Pulled

Retraction Watch reports that a fourth paper linked to the STAP stem cell scandal has now been retraction.

Feb 13, 2020

To Find a Reason

A Columbia University doctor is seeking to use nanopore sequencing to uncover the cause of recurrent miscarriages, reports NBC News.

Feb 13, 2020

Nature Discusses Therapeutic Genome Editing, Presents Fitness Consequence Map of Rice, More

In Nature this week: review of scientific, technical, and ethical aspects of therapeutic genome editing; fitness consequence map for rice; and more.

Feb 12, 2020

Odd Little Virus

Researchers in Brazil have uncovered a virus that infects amoebas that is unlike any known virus, Live Science reports.

Feb 12, 2020

To Get a Vaccine Faster

NPR reports on how new genetic tools may speed 2019-nCoV vaccine development.

Feb 12, 2020

Proposed California DTC Genetic Testing Bill

TechCrunch reports that a California state senator is introducing a bill to increase the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies.

Feb 12, 2020

Genome Research Papers Tackle Primate Gene Regulation, C. Elegans Transcriptome, More

In Genome Research this week: analysis of gene regulation in primates, direct RNA sequencing of C. elegans, more.

Feb 11, 2020

Again with the Calls for Cuts

The Trump Administration's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 calls for an 8 percent cut to the US National Institutes of Health budget.

Feb 11, 2020

Not This Trial

Two experimental drugs were unable to slow or prevent Alzheimer's disease among people at high genetic risk, the Associated Press reports.

Feb 11, 2020

Slower Times

CNBC discusses factors contributing to the state of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Feb 11, 2020

PNAS Studies on Immune Gene Expression in Young Adults, Cytoskeletal Interactions, More

In PNAS this week: immune gene expression differences in blood of young adults, molecular contributors to cells' microtubule and actin networks, and more.

Feb 10, 2020

Long Trunk But Can't Smell the Flowers

The genome of a woolly mammoth from an isolated population exhibits a number of deleterious mutations, according to Gizmodo.

Feb 10, 2020

More Charges

According to NBC News, a former Emory professor who was fired last year for failing to disclose income from China is facing federal charges.

Feb 10, 2020

Tapering Suit

ScienceInsider reports six researchers are suing the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research for "tapering" their funding.

Feb 10, 2020

PLOS Papers on MiRNA Target Evolution in Vertebrates, Circulating HPV in Cervical Cancer, More

In PLOS this week: signs of selection on microRNA targets, HPV sequences as markers of cervical cancer, and more.

Feb 07, 2020

Stanley Cohen Dies

Stanley Cohen who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of growth factors has died, according to the Tennessean.

Feb 07, 2020

No Side Effects in Small Trial

New Scientist reports that cancer patients treated with immune cells that underwent CRISPR-based gene editing exhibited no serious side effects.

Feb 07, 2020

Wuhan Doctor Who Warned of Illness Dies

Li Wenliang, a Wuhan doctor who tried to warn others about a mysterious illness, has died of the coronavirus, the Guardian reports.

Feb 07, 2020

Science Papers Describe CRISPR Alteration of T Cells for Cancer Patients, Sewage-Based Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, More

In Science this week: phase I study of CRISPR-based engineering of T cells for cancer patients, call for sewage-based global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system, and more.

Feb 06, 2020

Ancestry Layoffs

Ancestry is laying off about 6 percent of its workforce due to a decline in customer demand.

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