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| Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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A*STAR Signs Agreement with Nestle to Strengthen Food & Nutrition R&D in Singapore |
| Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has entered into a research agreement with Nestle today to help boost the company's expansion in R&D in the country. more info >> |
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| Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Elephant Shark Genome Provides New Insights into Bone Formation and Adaptive Immunity in Humans |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) led an international team of researchers that sequenced and analysed the genome of the elephant shark. more info >> |
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| Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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Recycled Plastic Proves Effective in Killing Drug-Resistant Fungi |
| Researchers at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and California's IBM Research - Almaden (IBM) have discovered a new, potentially life-saving application for polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is widely used to make plastic bottles. more info >> |
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| Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Discover Novel Hormone Essential for Heart Development |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMCB) have identified a gene encoding a hormone that could potentially be used as a therapeutic molecule to treat heart diseases. more info >> |
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| Monday, December 2, 2013 |
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Immunology Takes the Spotlight at Inaugural EMBO Workshop in Singapore |
| A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) will host Singapore's inaugural European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) workshop on Complex Systems in Immunology from 2nd to 4th December 2013. more info >> |
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| Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Bring to Light Mechanism of Drug for Infections |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered the exact mode of action by plerixafor, a drug commonly prescribed to stimulate immune responses in patients suffering from neutropenia, which causes them to become prone to oral, skin, genital infections and in worst cases, a fatal whole-body infection. more info >> |
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| Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Uncover Potential Drug Target to Nip Cancer in the Bud |
| Scientists at A*STAR have discovered an enzyme, Wip1 phosphatase, as a potential target to weed out the progression of cancer. more info >> |
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| Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientist Wins European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Award |
| Dr Florent Ginhoux, Principal Investigator at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), has been awarded the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator 2013 award. more info >> |
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| Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Singapore's Biopolis: A Success Story |
| Singapore's Biopolis celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Within a decade, Biopolis has established a reputation as a world-class biomedical research hub and put Singapore on the scientific world map. more info >> |
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| Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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A*STAR and NUS Launch Joint Centre to Advance Research on Nutrition, Early Development and Metabolic Diseases |
| The National University of Singapore (NUS) and A*STAR will be jointly establishing the S$148 million Singapore Centre for Nutritional Sciences, Metabolic Diseases, and Human Development (SiNMeD). more info >> |
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