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Monday, September 30, 2013 |
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Paving the Way for Real-world Nanotechnology Products |
Adhesives that leave no sticky residue, 'skins' that keep medical instruments germ-free, new anti-reflective protectors for displays or surfaces that prevent barnacles from attaching to ships. more info >> |
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Friday, September 27, 2013 |
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A*STAR, NSC, NTU Collaborate To Advance Skin Research |
Singapore is committing close to S$100 million to skin research, with the announcement of the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS) today. more info >> |
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Saturday, September 21, 2013 |
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Patient, Heal Thyself: Solution To Personalised Treatment For Chronic Infections Could Lie In The Patient's Own Blood |
A recent discovery by scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), in close collaboration with researchers at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), provides hope for a new personalised treatment strategy that could use a patient's own blood to treat the infection. more info >> |
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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Novel Mechanism Discovered in First Line of Immune Defence |
Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new defense mechanism that the immune system utilises to combat infections. more info >> |
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Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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Singapore Scientists Discover New RNA Processing Pathway Important in Human Embryonic Stem Cells |
Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), in collaboration with their counterparts from Canada, Hong Kong and US, have discovered a protein mediator SON plays a critical role in the health and proper functioning of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). more info >> |
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Scientists at Genome Institute of Singapore Discover Gene that Controls the Birth of Neurons |
Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the generation of neurons[1]. more info >> |
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
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An Organized Approach to 3D Tissue Engineering |
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a simple method of organizing cells and their microenvironments in hydrogel fibers. more info >> |
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |
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New Strategy to Disarm the Dengue Virus Brings New Hope for a Universal Dengue Vaccine |
A new strategy that cripples the ability of the dengue virus to escape the host immune system has been discovered by A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN). more info >> |
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 |
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Unexpected Synergy Between Two Cancer-linked Proteins Offers Hope for Personalised Cancer Therapy |
A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Zeng Qi from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a new biomarker which will help physicians predict how well cancer patients respond to cancer drugs. more info >> |
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Saturday, July 27, 2013 |
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Singapore Scientists Discover New Drug Targets for Aggressive Breast Cancer |
Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) led in a study that has identified genes that are potential targets for therapeutic drugs against aggressive breast cancer. These findings were reported in the July 2013 issue of PNAS. more info >> |
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