Biotechnology
In this image provided by AquaBounty Technologies Inc., company CEO Sylvia Wulf, poses for a photo with processing associates Skyler Miller, back left, and Jacob Clawson with genetically modified salmon from the company's indoor aquaculture farm, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Albany, Ind. These are the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States. (AquaBounty Technologies vis AP)
Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates

By Casey Smith May. 27, 2021 04:35 PM EDT

This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race," by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
Review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science

By Jeff Rowe Mar. 10, 2021 08:41 AM EST

A roadside barber wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus gives hair cut to a man as others wait for their turn in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Sheikh Saaliq Jan. 03, 2021 12:52 AM EST

FILE - This April 26, 2017 file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Shares of Eli Lilly jumped after the drugmaker laid out a better-than-expected revenue forecast and plans to buy a young company developing a potential Parkinson’s disease treatment. Lilly also projected on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, a 2021 earnings range that brackets average Wall Street expectations. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Lilly lays out 2021 expectations, gene therapy acquisition

By Tom Murphy Dec. 15, 2020 09:26 AM EST

In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, workers spray disinfectant over a container containing experimental coronavirus vaccines made by the Chinese company Sinovac, upon arrival at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, late Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Indonesia's government said more than a million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country late Sunday and more are expected to arrive in early January. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
Indonesia expects halal certificate for experimental vaccine

By Edna Tarigan Dec. 07, 2020 09:12 AM EST

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak walks at a beach in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
1.2M doses of China-made COVID vaccine arrive in Indonesia

Dec. 06, 2020 10:59 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, an ad for COVID-19 testing reflects on glass at a bus stop, as pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. BioNTech has at times been portrayed as the junior partner to U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the race to get approval for their COVID vaccine, but the company's gene technology was key to the rapid development of the vaccine that British regulators have approved for emergency use Wednesday Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, FILE)
Vaccine 1st puts spotlight on German pharma company BioNTech

By David Mchugh And Frank Jordans Dec. 02, 2020 12:35 PM EST

Fraud charges filed against head of biotechnology company

Nov. 10, 2020 07:20 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal fraud charges have been filed against the head of a suburban Chicago biotechnology company formed at the start of COVID-19 pandemic that...

FILE - In this March 22, 2019 file photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. The Justice Department has accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across the world and more recently targeting firms developing a vaccine for the coronavirus. Officials expected to discuss the indictment at a news conference Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research

By Eric Tucker Jul. 21, 2020 11:00 AM EDT

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a event about protecting seniors, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump speculates that China released virus in lab 'mistake'

By Zeke Miller Apr. 30, 2020 09:52 AM EDT