New Zealand takes significant step in fight against drug resistance in TB

University of Otago researchers in New Zealand have discovered new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tubercu...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Singapore study suggests much shortened treatment period for TB patients

Tuberculosis (TB) patients can look forward to a much-shortened treatment period, compared to the current six-month trea...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Australia injects $12 M more into world-first childhood diabetes study

JDRF Australia and funding partner The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust have announced a combined additio...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Thailand makes progress in CAR T-Cell Therapy Innovation

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Nagoya University, Japan, in their collaboration to develop an immunotherapy met...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Korea-Singapore research offers simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of cancer

A research team from South Korea-based Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) collaborated with researche...

April 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Sepsis study in Australia to power new antibiotic discoveries

Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have led a national study on the four main bacteria that cause sep...

April 4, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Funding boost for world-first cell transplantation research for nervous system repair in Australia

Australia-based Griffith University’s world-first study into cell transplantation to repair injuries to the nervou...

March 31, 2023 | Friday | News
Novel drug from New Zealand offers hope for heart failure patients

A novel drug is showing promise for alleviating heart failure, a common condition associated with sleep apnoea and a red...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian study of ENZAMET shows promise as prostate cancer treatment

A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates. The result...

March 29, 2023 | Wednesday | News
New funding by NZ to boost RNA research into vaccines & healthcare

Victoria University of Wellington and University of Auckland, in New Zealand (NZ) have been named as co-hosts of a ...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Duke-NUS in Singapore partners with Swedish biotech startup Alder Therapeutics

In a boost to regenerative therapies for damaged hearts and eyes, Duke-NUS in Singapore has licensed two laminin-related...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia injects $3M funding for world-first drug trial for poorly controlled epilepsy

Epilepsy affects over 150,000 Australians, and 50 million globally, with one-third struggling to control their condition...

March 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds new way to clear brain waste linked to Alzheimer's disease

A newly discovered “energy switch” in the immune cells of the brain may lead to the development of drugs for...

March 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia uses smart nanotechnology for more accurate delivery of insulin

More efficient and longer lasting glucose-responsive insulin that eliminates the need for people with type 1 diabetes to...

March 14, 2023 | Tuesday | News
World’s first study to prove myopia prevention in children by low-concentration atropine drops

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) conducted a randomised, placebo-con...

March 14, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Breakthrough neurological drug comes from New Zealand to treat Rett Syndrome

A molecule discovered by Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble of the University of Auckland, New Zealand is the...

March 13, 2023 | Monday | News
Monash University in Australia leads $15M mitochondrial donation clinical trial

Around 50 Australian children are born every year with devastating mitochondrial disease, with an expected lifespan of o...

March 13, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore develops novel therapy for treating vancomycin-resistant bacterial infections

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for...

March 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News