Biotech

Education

High school students join Salk Institute labs for summer internships

Katie Anastas

High Tech High Mesa graduate Kelly Semtner spent the summer studying how plants and fungi exchange nutrients.
National

US greenlights major transmission line for renewable energy in Western states

Susan Montoya Bryan

The U.S. government has approved a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West.
Health

Study Suggests COVID-19 Vaccines Could Protect For Years

Matt Hoffman

The need for additional booster shots to combat the pandemic may be fading, that is according to new research on how long protection from the COVID-19 vaccines may last.
Politics

Roundtable: San Diego's First Few Days Of Reopening

Bennett Lacy

Most COVID-19 restrictions come to an end in San Diego County, an Oceanside city council member faces a recall effort after just a few months on the job and a new effort to track and boost racial representation in California's life sciences industry.
Politics

Roundtable: San Diego Enters The Orange Tier

Bennett Lacy

San Diego's reopening expands as progress is made on COVID-19 cases and vaccinations, an encampment for cross-border farmworkers is dismantled by police in Calexico and a look at the revolving door in Chula Vista between the city's police department and the surveillance drone industry.
Health

Researchers Find How Venus Flytrap Plants Can React To Touch

Erik Anderson

San Diego researchers find how carnivorous plants catch food may help teach human cells to act in particular ways.
KPBS Midday Edition

Vaccinated? Your Poop Could Help COVID-19 Research

Jade Hindmon

Harrison Patiño

Persephone Biosciences wants to enlist 250 San Diegans to share stool staples to analyze how the COVID-19 vaccine interacts with our bodies.
KPBS Midday Edition

Roche Buys North County Biotech GenMark For $1.8 Billion

Jade Hindmon

GenMark's development of rapid testing kits has put San Diego in the spotlight for bringing innovation to the market during a pandemic.
KPBS Midday Edition

UCSD Researchers Estimate COVID-19 Was Around 2 Months Before First Reports

City News Service

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at UCSD estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19.
KPBS Midday Edition

Fragile COVID-19 Vaccine Providers Must Follow Stringent Dose Handling Guidelines

Tarryn Mento

A degree too warm, or a room too bright, could render a vial ineffective at a time when shipment delays and shortages mean back-up doses are practically nonexistent.