Can coronavirus survivors’ blood help others too weak to fight?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elle Wohlmuth's blood is rich in immune cells that waged war, and won, against the coronavirus. They protected her. Could they help someone else? Volunteers in...
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Sharing hearts and minds: Daycare program links elderly and youth
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dates, places, names — such facts are lost in the unforgiving fog of illness and age. But when 70-year-old Edward Wheat showed 4-year-old Hayden Meyers how...
Nation’s largest mushroom grower pays $2.2 million pollution settlement
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The nation's largest mushroom grower has agreed to pay $2.24 million to settle an environmental protection lawsuit brought by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office....
‘A last line of defense’: IBM lab designs molecule to kill drug-resistant superbugs
As a scientist at IBM's Almaden Research Laboratory, James Hedrick was well aware of the global problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can turn a minor scrape into a death sentence....
Biologist’s gene-editing kit lets DIYers play God at kitchen table
On the kitchen table of his cramped apartment, Josiah Zayner is performing the feat that is transforming biology. In tiny vials, he's cutting, pasting and stirring genes, as simply as...
AIDS VIRUS HITS SAN FRANCISCO BLACKS THE HARDEST
San Francisco's African American community is the hardest hit of racial and ethnic groups by the virus that causes AIDS, according to a major new Department of Public Health report....
THE GREAT VITAMIN RAID
A year ago, Stephen Levine of San Leandro, Calif., opened the doors of his business to a police sergeant and 12 federal agents, armed with guns and search warrants. For...