Frog substance shown to kill human flu viruses

According to a recent research led by Joshy Jacob  of Emory University with a team at the Rajiv Gandhi Ce...

May 5, 2017 | Friday | News
A new test kit for early cancer detection

Scientists around the world are striving for effective detection of cancer in the early stages, and a Chinese scientist ...

May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | News
A glow stick for detecting cancer

Chemiluminescence, or chemical light, is the principle behind the glow sticks or light sticks used as quick tools to gra...

May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Brains can be transplanted in the near future

Professor Sergio Canavero, Director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, is aiming to carry out the first human ...

April 28, 2017 | Friday | News
A spinach leaf turned into a functional heart tissue

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts have identified a way to use spinach leaves for bu...

March 27, 2017 | Monday | News
Scientists in Ireland classified new organ in human body

Scientists in Ireland have recently classified a brand new organ inside human body that has been hiding in plain sight i...

January 4, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Teijin, Versartis partner for commercialization of Somavaratan in Japan

Singapore: Teijin Limited and Versartis, Inc. has announced that the companies and their wholly owned subsidiaries have ...

August 11, 2016 | Thursday | News
Cytori, Lorem to commercialize Cytori Cell Therapy

Singapore: US-based Cytori Therapeutics and China-based Lorem Vascular have formed a partnership to commercialize Cytori...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Thermo launches single cell analyses platform

Singapore: Thermo Scientific has launched CeLLInsight CX5 High Content Screening (HCS) Platform, a high-content quantita...

July 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
New possibilities for leukaemia immunotherapy

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new class of lipids in the leuka...

June 25, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China's Jiangsu Hengrui to build a new biologics facility

Singapore: China-based Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine recently announced plans to build a biologics manufacturing plant in Suz...

July 20, 2015 | Monday | News
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to supply cancer antibody in US labs

Singapore: Sienna Cancer Diagnostics, Melbourne-based biotechnology company focused on developing novel in-vitro diagnos...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Korea's Green cross expands cell therapy business in China

Singapore: South Korean biopharmaceutical company, Green Cross, is expanding its presence in China by building a cell th...

March 12, 2015 | Thursday | News
BioGenes launches enhanced generic HCP assay

Singapore: Germany-based BioGenes, a global leader in host cell protein (HCP) assay development, has launched a new gene...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
LabCorp launches 4th gen HIV antigen assay

Singapore: Laboratory Corporation of America has released 4th generation HIV antigen/antibody combination assay and a ne...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Novartis gets EU nod for psoriasis biologic drug

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Novartis, has recieved European Commission (EC) nod for Cosentyx (secukinumab,...

January 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sartorius Stedim enhances single-use product portfolio

Singapore: Biotechnology supplier company, Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has launched new range of single-use bags, under it...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Takeda partners with Nanotherapeutics to expand influenza vaccine program

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical has recieved expanded commercialization and technology access rights related to Nanothe...

August 28, 2015 | Friday | News
China ramps up efforts to curb Ebola

Singapore: The Chinese mobile laboratory stationed at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital at Jui, is playing an i...

December 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops animal-free screening platform to predict nephrotoxicity

Singapore: Researchers from Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed an animal-fr...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
A*Star peptides help understand Alzheimer's, cancer

Singapore: A new class of ultrasmall peptides developed by A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Anteo Diagnostics to acquire Belgium Dx firm

Singapore: Australia based Anteo Diagnostics has decided to acquire DIAsource ImmunoAssays, (DIAsource), a global specia...

August 27, 2015 | Thursday | News
India biotech rides on biologics manufacturing

A large chunk of the Indian firms are also looking at contract manufacturing of biologic products for western companies....

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dr Brian McNamee: The force behind CSL

A doctor by training, Dr Brian A McNamee was enjoying himself in various job roles starting out as product manager, a jo...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Is repeated MRI harmful to brain? FDA investigates

Singapore: FDA is investigating the risk of brain deposits following repeated use of gadolinium-based contrast agents (G...

July 28, 2015 | Tuesday | Regulatory