Scientists identify key nasal cells believed to attract Coronavirus

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2020

Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientist...Read more

MIT works towards reducing lung damage in COVID-19 patients

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2020

One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur in severe cases. This burst of ...Read more

dnature secures funding to develop COVID-19 test

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Apr, 2020

The Health Research Council in New Zealand has announced that dnature diagnostics & research company is the recipien...Read more

Seegene receives FDA EUA for Allplex 2019-nCoV assay

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Apr, 2020

South Korean firm Seegene, Inc. has announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authori...Read more

Agilex Biolabs appoints Patrick Hughes as Immunobiology R&D Manager

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2020

Award-winning Australian bioanalytical laboratory Agilex Biolabs announced on 22 April 2020 that it has appointed PhD an...Read more

Singapore explores immunotherapy for COVID-19 treatment

BioTech |  News | 1 Comment | 24 Apr, 2020

The engineering of specific virus-targeting receptors onto a patient’s own immune cells is now being explored by s...Read more

Entrepreneurship flourishes amid pandemic in Singapore

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2020

Singapore based early-stage VC Antler has received over 1500 applications from 100 countries in barely two weeks since i...Read more

Australia starts new drug trial to treat COVID-19

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2020

The trial, led by Associate Professor Steven Tong, Infectious Diseases clinician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) i...Read more

First anti-cancer microbiome therapeutic receives FDA IND clearance in Asia

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Apr, 2020

Genome & Company, a biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics in immune-oncology, announced on 20 Apr...Read more

Seegene exports 10M COVID-19 diagnostic tests to 60 countries

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2020

South Korea based Seegene, the leading multiplex diagnostic assay developer, has announced that the company has exported...Read more

Australia uses anti-microbial copper to beat COVID-19

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2020

Australian company SPEE3D has successfully developed and tested a fast and affordable way to 3D print anti-microbial cop...Read more

Singapore approves TaqPath COVID-19 combo kit

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2020

The Applied Biosystems™ TaqPath™ COVID-19 Combo Kit has received Provisional Authorisation from the Health S...Read more

Taiwan's NHRI develops a prototype COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kit

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Apr, 2020

The National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taiwan announced on 2 April 2020 that it has successfully develop...Read more

Taiwan-Denmark develop rapid test kit for COVID-19

BioTech |  News | 1 Comment | 20 Apr, 2020

Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan has announced that a joint effort of Taiwan-Denmark startup BluSense D...Read more

Taiwan develops rapid coronavirus test kit

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Apr, 2020

Taiwan researchers at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have developed a new nucleic acid test kit to dete...Read more

NTU builds disinfection robot to tackle COVID-19 outbreak

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Apr, 2020

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a semi-autonomous ...Read more

Study reveals importance of mitochondrial small proteins in energy production

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2020

A newly-discovered small protein in mitochondria is essential for energy production, report Duke-NUS researchers and the...Read more

Global consortium accelerates drug development for COVID-19

BioTech |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2020

A cross-border initiative led by the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Dr. Nir London has brought together a wide ra...Read more