Dr Daehee Kang, chairman, board of directors, Korean Association of Medical Colleges, and dean, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea, is an... Read more
Mr Robert J Braithwaite, who came to China 15 years ago, was greatly influenced following his exposure to the dragon nation. The realization that there is a demand... Read more
Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an alternative to using human embryonic stem cells... Read more
The pioneering research of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has opened new avenues in stem cell research.... Read more
The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has opened new vistas in stem cell research. Many... Read more
The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promising field of biotechnology. Sir John Gurdon... Read more
Living Cell Technologies, a cell implant company based out of Australia and New Zealand, appointed Dr Paul Tan as its chief science and medical officer (CSMO) in... Read more
With the US staring at a fiscal cliff in 2013 and the threat of an ensuing $1.2 trillion across the board budget cuts, negotiations are on at the political level... Read more
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has one of the largest medical technology and device research labs in the country. The lab works on both... Read more
Medtronic is putting in place plans to grow its emerging markets' revenue to 20 percent of the overall revenue in the next few years. In FY'12, the US-headquartered... Read more
"When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research.... Read more
One of the challenges in the R&D of next generation vaccines is the development of a delivery technology that will be more efficient, effective and safer than the... Read more
Taiwan Liposome Company is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a proprietary drug delivery technologies based on a lipid formulation platform. The company, founded... Read more
Academia Sinica is an autonomous research institution in Taiwan that is doing pioneering work in the field of science and technology, including biotechnology. Its... Read more
Scientist, entrepreneur, administrator, adviser. Dr Chi-Huey Wong, the ninth president of Academia Sinica, has donned many hats in his career spanning over 30 years.... Read more
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