Taiwan investigates presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood donors

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced that the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) will c...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Low cost tests to help China's battle to identify COPD sufferers

Researchers working with primary care patients in China have discovered that a simple questionnaire and airflow measurem...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong invents sensor for rapid & low-cost screening of drug-resistant bacteria

A research team led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a novel cell sensor with a b...

October 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm promotes industrial application of iPS cell-derived regenerative medicine

Japan-based FUJIFILM Corporation has reached agreement on core terms with Australian regenerative medicine venture Cynat...

October 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Marvels of gene-edited meds unleashed

There are three commonly acknowledged gene editing technologies, namely, Zinc Fingers, Transcription Activator-Like Effe...

October 1, 2021 | Friday | Analysis
Australia targets key protein to fight inflammatory diseases

For the first time, researchers have identified key molecules within the immune system that may help fight the inflammat...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ targets right atrium to fix irregularly beating hearts

A team of researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) is advancing the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation ...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens joint lab to understand role of microbes for skin health

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and L’Oréal Singapore have launched a new joint...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia injects $90 M to accelerate genomics and cardiovascular research

The Australian government is opening two medical research grant rounds, worth $90 million to help accelerate Australian-...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia plans patient-focused clinical trial for brain cancer

Australians living with the most common and deadliest form of brain cancer will be given new hope thanks to a patient-fo...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca inks deal worth $195 M for RNA-based therapeutics

AstraZeneca has reached an agreement to collaborate with VaxEquity for the discovery, development and commercialisastion...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia identifies potential treatment for obesity and insulin resistance

Australia's Monash University researchers have shown for the first time that mesenteric (gut) lymphatic dysfunction is a...

September 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia invests $6.5 M for improving diagnosis of hepatitis C

To help improve the treatment times of those with hepatitis C, the Australian government will fund a new national point-...

September 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore explores cognitive dysfunction of lupus patients

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tiss...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia pumps-in $4 M for traumatic brain injury research

To help support Australians living with and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, the government has launched the la...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea strengthens position in precision medicine market for liquid biopsy

German firm Molecular Health GmbH will collaborate with South Korean startup EONE-Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC) to hel...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
China brings new liquid biopsy diagnostic model for early breast cancer detection

Chinese startup AnchorDx, together with renowned experts from a top-tier hospital in China, has developed a diagnos...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan finds molecular code that powers up cancer-fighting immune cells

A synthetic molecular code shows promise towards improving the response of some cancer patients to immunotherapy treatme...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News