Singapore finds way to improve treatment outcomes for breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the second most common cancer overall. Although...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Cancer drug delivery system receives US FDA approval for trials

A first-in-class cancer drug delivery system developed by Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) has receiv...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea identifies genetic pathway that suppresses neurodegenerative diseases

Nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) defects have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, such as C9ORF72-associated...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Govt launches $15 M grant for development of innovative therapies for mental illness

The Australian government is launching a $15 million competitive grant round to kick start Australian clinical trials ex...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies chemotherapy-resistant cancers’ escape mechanism

ETC-159, a made-in-Singapore anti-cancer drug that is currently in early phase clinical trials for use in a subset ...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujitsu, Kyoto University build AI system to detect genetic disorders

Fujitsu Limited and Kyoto University research group led by Professor Yasushi Okuno of the Kyoto University Graduate Scho...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
HSA approves first commercial CAR-T therapy by Novartis

Novartis has announced that Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) as th...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Setsuro Tech gets access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio for Japan

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong unveils next-gen drug for cancers associated with Epstein–Barr virus

A Hong Kong Baptist University-led (HKBU) research team has developed a novel drug which has the potential to ...

March 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia invests $100 M for major advances in medical research technology

The Australian Government is investing $100 million into the development of new technologies to improve diagnosis and tr...

February 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Korean, Swiss firms leverage oncology expertise to initiate research collaboration

Genome & Company, a global leading immuno-oncology firm based in South Korea, and Debiopharm, a Swiss-based biopharm...

February 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Whole-genome sequencing improves diagnosis of broader range of genetic diseases

Illumina, Inc. on Feb 19, 2021 announced an agreement with the Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics at the...

February 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Taiwan reveals new findings to treat Parkinson's disease

Bened Biomedical, a leading Taiwanese probiotic company, has announced a successful clinical study for its PS128 psychob...

February 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan discovers potential therapeutic stem cells to cure neurodegenerative disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in the gradual loss of motor nerve cells (n...

February 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Bia-Echo Foundation invests $8M in Singapore to study women’s reproductive longevity

The Centre, to be established at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at Singapore's National University of Singapore (NU...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers brain enzyme that activates dormant neural stem cells

Singapore's Duke-NUS Medical School researchers studying an enzyme in fruit fly larvae have found that it plays an ...

February 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia invests $8 M for research into neurofibromatosis

The Australian Government is investing $8 million to support the Children’s Tumour Foundation and research into ne...

February 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
Olympus supports dissemination of endoscopic procedures for Colorectal Cancer in Russia

Olympus Corporation announced on Feb 4, 2021 that it has been selected by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News