Australia discovers new treatments for infectious diseases

  Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) in Australia have disc...

January 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan develops cancer therapy using on-site synthesis of anti-cancer drugs

An international research group at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) in Japan has successfully treated can...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Rare cancers & rare diseases research receives $63.4M boost in Australia

Research into some of the world’s rarest forms of cancer and disease have received a boost, with the Australian go...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Korea-based LISCure Biosciences explores treatment for rare liver diseases

LISCure Biosciences Inc., a South Korea-based biotech startup, has executed a research collaboration agreement with US b...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Mental health clinical trials receive funding worth $14.8 M in Australia

Seven clinical trials testing the use of potential breakthrough combination therapies to treat debilitating mental illne...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
US-based Allay Therapeutics expands operations in Singapore

Allay Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to tra...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia injects $5.5 M for clinical trials to treat low-survival breast cancers

Two clinical trials which could save lives through new therapies to treat breast cancers that have low rates of survival...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Korean firms to develop new compounds for potential anti-seizure medication

BIORCHESTRA and SK Biopharmaceuticals, based in South Korea, have forged a partnership to research and develop new ...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Korean firm GC Cell to expand availability of Immuncell-LC for liver cancer

South Korea-based GC Cell and Indian firm Rivaara Immune have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement, pursuant to...

January 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan opts for drug repurposing to stop dementia

Via drug repositioning, a team of scientists at the Osaka City University in Japan has created a combination of rifampic...

January 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Australia identifies drivers of kidney disease

For the first time, researchers from Australian National University have identified a gene which shows the kidney has it...

December 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong establishes Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has established the Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development (CDD), which...

December 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia forms world-first consortium to fight global blindness

Australian leaders in corneal bioengineering have collaborated to form BIENCO, a consortium to develop bioengineered eye...

December 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial in Australia

An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the Univer...

December 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia links walking style with ‘future osteoarthritis’

The way people move and unconsciously place pressure on certain joints when walking could play a role in future onset an...

December 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
New Zealand confirms skin infections as cause of rheumatic fever

Researchers at University of Otago in New Zealand have made a major breakthrough in further understanding acute rheumati...

December 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
One antibody to neutralise both Zika & Dengue viruses in different ways: Singapore study

A research team from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singa...

December 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia works on retinal immune cells for preventing diabetes-related vision loss

New research could form the basis for developing life-changing therapies that limit the impact of diabetic eye disease, ...

December 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News