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KPBS Midday EditionFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a swing through San Diego to sign copies of her new book and speak at the BIO convention. We'll play an excerpt of her discussing topics including the national debt and the job that prepared her for Washington. -
Six years ago, sustainable biofuels were the next big thing in biotech, and algae was supposed to drive the way forward. But today's energy landscape has changed dramatically, and algae companies have had to take a left turn. -
Bioscience companies employ 1.6 million people in the United States and indirectly are responsible for another 6.2 million jobs around the country, according to a report released in San Diego on Tuesday. -
KPBS Midday EditionStem-cell research in San Diego is featured at the BIO International Convention. Take a look at a local company conducting the research, and its ethical dilemmas. -
KPBS Midday EditionScripps researchers have taken DNA's four familiar building blocks — A, T, C and G — and added two new ones: X and Y. -
Scripps professor Erica Ollmann Saphire will lead a team of researchers from around the world to develop a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus. -
KPBS Midday EditionJ. Craig Venter was one of the first scientists to sequence a human genome. A decade later, his company wants to push genomics forward by sequencing thousands more. -
Research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV from sex with an infected partner. -
Sequencing an entire genome for $1,000 or less has long been seen as a tipping point in the field of genetics. One San Diego company says they've now succeeded in bringing prices down that low. -
Local group teaches scientists to be better public speakers
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