Singapore explores new targeted therapies for cancer treatment

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately one in six deaths, with metastatic ...

April 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Research boost of $5.7 M for chronic disease prevention in Asia Pacific

$5.7 million in research grants has been awarded to four projects aiming to foster research partnerships between institu...

April 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Specialised Therapeutics to commercialise new cancer therapy in Australia and Southeast Asia

Singapore-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST) will partner with CTTQ-Akeso (Shang...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Thailand suggests blood as new alternative medicine for pain relief

Chula Medicine researchers in Thailand have successfully published an article on the injection of patient's own platelet...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
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