Hong Kong identifies new therapeutic key to end cancer pain

A new study conducted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has discov...

October 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore discovers non-invasive method to predict relapse of childhood cancers

The most common form of solid tumour affecting children is neuroblastoma. It is known to be the cause of a disproportion...

October 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Old drugs offer new ways of treating bowel cancer: NZ study

Old medicines, combined in new ways, are showing promise for treating bowel cancer, a group of University of Auckland re...

October 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia announces $5.4 M boost for brain cancer research

The Australian Government will invest more than $5.4 million in three groundbreaking brain cancer research projects.&nbs...

October 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Merck Singapore M Lab collaboration center leverages ChromConnect initiative

On October 8, Singapore based Merck’s new M LabTM Collaboration Center brought Singapore's academic groups closer ...

October 8, 2022 | Saturday | News
Education vital to help patients explore gene therapies for blindness: Australian study

Australians with inherited retinal disease (IRD) have a strong interest in undergoing gene therapy to prevent and treat ...

October 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong develops novel RNA nanoparticle for atherosclerosis treatment

A team of researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a novel RNA nanoparticle to offer a po...

October 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore pumps in SGD19.2 M for novel liver cancer treatment trial

A multi-national, investigator-initiated and industry-backed clinical trial has been launched to test the efficacy of a ...

October 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
MRFF backs Monash health and medical research with $28M in funding

The Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has invested $28 million in funding for Monash res...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand opens doorways for better diabetic heart health

Dr June-Chiew Han and fellow researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, New Zealand are looking closel...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
First Southeast Asian study to advance pulmonary hypertension early detection

MiRXES Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered biotechnology company, has collaborated with National University Hea...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Biosyngen boosts cell therapy GMP capabilities in Singapore

Singapore-based startup Biosyngen has signed to set up a cell therapy GMP facility which will serve as a base to develop...

September 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia developing new tools to improve diagnosis, treatment of blood cancer

Australian scientists will use new technology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancers, which affect 1.24...

September 27, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Cynata Therapeutics gets $1 M grant to develop heart disease treatment

Cynata Therapeutics has announced that the Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) ha...

September 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore awards NRF grant to develop novel therapies for liver cancer

A team of multidisciplinary scientists has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapo...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies role of 'harmless' bacteria in worsening lung diseases

A team of international scientists led by the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has discovered...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia's EpiAxis Therapeutics partners with University Health Newtork to study prostate cancer

Australian firm EpiAxis Therapeutics, a leading epigenetics company with a focus on cancer treatment and prevention recu...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore opens Centre for Microbiome Medicine to improve human health

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has launched the Centre for Microbiome Medici...

September 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
Korea establishes novel strategy to tackle Huntington’s disease​

Through an international joint research effort involving ProQR Therapeutics of the Netherlands, Université Grenob...

September 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Stem cells could be key to slowing ageing process: New Zealand study

A “serendipitous finding” by a team of researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand could shed lig...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Polyplus Builds on Research and Commercial mRNA Support Portfolio with in vivo-jetRNA®+ Transfection Reagent

The new in vivo-jetRNA®+ transfection reagent an efficient, stable, and safe delivery system leading to 100% mR...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets up world's first integrated pre-clinical & clinical ageing research institute

The National University Health System (NUHS) has established the NUHS Centre for Healthy Longevity &...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australian startup OccuRx secures $16 M to progress therapies for inflammation, fibrosis

Australian biotech startup OccuRx has announcesd a $16 million cash injection to progress into clinical phase studies fo...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Global pandemic therapeutics centre to open in Australia

The establishment of the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics has been announced by the University of Melbour...

September 5, 2022 | Monday | News
India develops novel virus-like particle to combat COVID-19 & variants

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed and tested a novel virus-like particle (V...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
China leads research of world's first spatiotemporal map of brain regeneration

A multi-institute research team led by China-based BGI Group has used BGI Stereo-seq technology to construct the world f...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
NZ leads world in trial of futuristic therapy

A treatment that works at the gene level to solve the root cause of a genetic disease will soon be tested at the Unive...

September 1, 2022 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong identifies innovative strategy for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

An international research team, led by Prof. Nancy IP, The Morningside Professor of Life Science at the Hong Kong Univer...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | News
National Genome Project in Indonesia picks MGI as technology provider

MGI Tech, based in China, has announced that the National Genome Project in Indonesia has selected MGI technol...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
New Zealand calls for improvement in diagnosis of gestational diabetes

A Liggins Institute study of over 4,000 pregnant New Zealand women suggests the country can improve babies' health and r...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia invests $30 M to support vital brain and mental health research

Monash University has received a $30 million philanthropic gift that will fund vital mental health research and preventa...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
Frontier Biotechnologies proposes treatments for acute and prolonged COVID

China-headquartered global biopharmaceutical company Frontier Biotechnologies announced positive results from the Phase ...

August 15, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia investigates how to stop painful chemo for kids

Stopping children undergoing chemotherapy from feeling pain and other debilitating side-effects is the focus of research...

August 12, 2022 | Friday | News
"Unique demands of CGT biomanufacturing necessitate an early-stage collaboration between suppliers and biomanufacturers"

A surge in pharmaceutical R&D has led to an increase in the number of Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) candidates being...

August 11, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
India to pioneer next-generation snakebite therapy

Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV), a leading biopharmaceutical company in India, has announced a meaningful collaboration...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Korea develops new therapeutic drug for Alzheimer’s disease

Although Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody targeting amyloid beta (Aβ), recently became the first US FDA app...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Griffith University launches two cancer research centres with $4.6 M funding

Griffith University has launched two cancer research centres backed by $4.6 million in funding from the Australian Cance...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand takes significant step on path to developing Alzheimer’s therapy

A brain protein with high potential to delay or reverse the onset of Alzheimer’s disease has been exploited by New...

August 5, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore develops new compounds to kill multi drug-resistant TB

With multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) causing outbreaks in both developing and developed nations, new treatments a...

August 4, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore turns aquaculture waste into new biomaterial for tissue repair

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new biomaterial made entirely...

August 1, 2022 | Monday | News
NTU Singapore wins S$2.8 M grant for antiviral drug research

A team of scientists led by Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapo...

July 26, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand provides hope for better cerebral palsy outcomes

A pair of researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand has led a successful bid to trial regional hubs for d...

July 25, 2022 | Monday | News
New discovery in cancer progression paves way to combat cancer

Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a...

July 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Discovery by Australia boosts hopes of preventing Type I diabetes

Australian researchers may be a step closer to preventing Type 1 diabetes after identifying a crucial protein that could...

July 18, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore develops drug molecule for treating atrial fibrillation

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Pharmacy have developed an improved pharmaceuti...

July 18, 2022 | Monday | News
Hong Kong links non-invasive eye stimulation with depression and dementia

A joint research team from Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and City ...

July 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia uncovers driving forces of Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, currently has no cure or effective therapy, in part due to ...

July 8, 2022 | Friday | News
MiRXES launches world’s first research project for a multi-cancer screening test

MiRXES Pte Ltd, (HQ: Singapore) has launched the world’s first large-scale clinical research Project,  CADENC...

July 7, 2022 | Thursday | News
Brii Biosciences launches long-acting COVID-19 neutralizing antibody therapy in China

Brii Biosciences, a multi-national company developing innovative therapies for diseases with significant unmet medi...

July 11, 2022 | Monday | News
Australian scientists provide insights into colon cancer prevention

Scientists in Australia have isolated five strains of gut bacteria that could pave the way for new inflammatory bowel di...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
“ATH434 has the potential to address the underlying pathology of Multiple System Atrophy”

In conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Dr David Stamler, Chief Executive Officer, Alterity Therapeutics reveals more abo...

July 5, 2022 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore develops thermogel to prevent retinal scarring

Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Institute of Materials Research and En...

July 5, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia explores deadly spider venom treatment for heart attacks with $23M funding

A potentially life-saving treatment containing venom from one of the world’s deadliest spiders is one step closer ...

July 4, 2022 | Monday | News
First-ever gut microbiome banking service launches in Southeast Asia

Cordlife Group, a Singapore Exchange mainboard listed consumer healthcare company, and AMILI, have announced a strategic...

June 22, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore enables doctors to optimise personalised chemotherapy dose

A team of researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with clinicians from the Natio...

June 17, 2022 | Friday | News
Korea gives new hope to patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain

A research team at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea has developed a complex tissue platform...

June 13, 2022 | Monday | News
Hong Kong opens Centre for Eye and Vision Research

At the forefront of the population’s health and aging imperative and with its mission of generating innovative tec...

June 13, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia’s mRNA projects receive funding boost

Two Monash University projects using mRNA delivery to improve treatments for people with muscular dystrophy or metabolic...

June 13, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore uses nanotechnology to destroy, prevent relapse of solid tumour cancers

In a breakthrough development, a team of scientists led by Nasrat Muzayyin Chair Professor Chen Xiaoyuan from the Nation...

June 10, 2022 | Friday | News
Clinical trials indicate successful cancer remission through immunotherapy

Cancer tumors disappeared who have received an experimental immunotherapy drug called dostarlimab (brand name ...

June 9, 2022 | Thursday | News
WHO recommends a new regimen for HIV and visceral leishmaniasis co-infection

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new treatment recommendations for visceral leishmaniasis in patients c...

June 9, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia-US research revolutionises how chemotherapy is used for colon cancer patients

Australian-American researchers have co-designed a blood test that uses circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) to precisely iden...

June 10, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore organizations outline Genomics in developing drugs, vaccines, and precision medicine

A new whitepaper, commissioned by Lenovo & Intel, led by IDC highlights key challenges and drivers transforming the ...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | Analysis
Australia discovers new weapon against drug-resistant malaria

A new method to combat malaria which sees the disease turn against itself could offer an effective treatment for the hun...

June 7, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Booster shot key to protect against Omicron infection: Hong Kong study

The efficacy and effectiveness of individual vaccine products for COVID-19 and its variants of concern are well known. H...

June 3, 2022 | Friday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim partners with A*STAR in Singapore for targeted cancer therapies

German firm Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore have announce...

June 3, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia offers solution to improving fertility in women with obesity

Researchers may have found a solution to improving fertility in women with obesity, following a successful trial in mice...

May 31, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers new clues to liver cancer progression

A team of researchers from the College of Design and Engineering, the N.1 Institute for Health and the&nb...

June 1, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand lays focus on predicting effects of traumatic brain injury

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand have received $150,000 from the Health Researc...

May 30, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia advances research into blood cancer and neurological conditions in children

The Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has invested close to $8 million to advance neur...

May 30, 2022 | Monday | News
Taiwan develops high potent immunotherapy for COVID-19 Omicron variant

Taiwanese biotech firm, AcadeMab Biomedical Inc., has developed potentially life-saving monoclonal antibodies for C...

May 27, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore links fatty liver with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, because NAFLD prom...

May 26, 2022 | Thursday | News
Japan's GHIT advances global fight against infectious diseases

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technolog...

May 19, 2022 | Thursday | News
Biopharma Helico raises seed funding for producing edible medicines

New Zealand based startup Biopharma Helico has completed an AUD $1.8 million seed funding round, attracting internationa...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Scientists closely outsmarting malaria parasites

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered why malaria parasites are vulnerable to s...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds biomarkers to predict primary liver cancer patients’ response to immunotherapy

A research team from Singapore has identified novel biomarkers that not only predict a patient’s response to immun...

May 20, 2022 | Friday | News
CSIRO starts work on medicinal psychedelics

Under a new license, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian Government ...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore announces new collaborative project for cardiovascular disease research

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics ...

May 13, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia launches first in-human trial for aggressive brain tumours

A novel technology designed to precisely image aggressive brain cancers and guide treatment is being developed by the Un...

May 12, 2022 | Thursday | News
Korea to open new chapter in world's antiviral drug history

The birth of a universal antiviral drug with a mechanism applicable to all viral infections is approaching. This antivir...

May 12, 2022 | Thursday | News
AskGene raises $20 Million in Series A

China & US-based startup AskGene has announced the completion of $20 million in Series A financing. The financing wa...

May 11, 2022 | Wednesday | News
ExoCoBio receives Japanese patent for alleviating dermatitis with exosome-based medicines

ExoCoBio Inc. has received from Japanese Patent Office the patent which claims that stem cell-derived exosome is proved ...

May 9, 2022 | Monday | News
Focusing on CAR-T cell therapy for solid tumours

Chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CAR-T) is developing at a significant pace and is all set to revolutionise oncology w...

May 6, 2022 | Friday | Analysis
Australia explores use of antidepressants to treat nerve pain

Researchers at Australia’s national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (C...

May 5, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore proposes magnetic therapy to enhance chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) is pioneering a novel magnetic therapy, delivered ...

May 6, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong links gut microbial enzymes with colon inflammation

A Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) collaborative research study has revealed that certain gut microbial enzymes media...

May 4, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China-based Biocytogen enters into antibody agreement with Merck

China's Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals has entered into an evaluation and option agreement with Merck to grant them a sole l...

May 2, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore discovers promising biologic drug for treating chronic lung disease

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a novel property of a protein found in human lu...

April 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore launches Dementia Research Centre

To better understand how dementia develops in Asians and to advance new strategies that will one day help to predict and...

April 26, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India suggests use of asthma drug to block crucial SARS-CoV-2 protein

A drug used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to and block a crucial protein produced by the virus SARS-CoV-2, and ...

April 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Startups accelerate cell therapy development for solid tumours in China

China-based startups Suzhou Porton Advanced Solutions and Guizhou Sinorda Biomedicine have announced a long-term strateg...

April 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia provides grant worth $4 M for stroke and kidney disease research

More than $4 million has been awarded to two projects at The George Institute for Global Health at UNSW Sydney, Australi...

April 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore launches research centre to advance biomedical research with data analytics, AI

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine has launched a res...

April 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore makes further advancement in cancer nanomedicine

A study led by researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), in c...

April 21, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore aims to develop novel treatments for tackling osteoarthritis

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) are aiming to develop novel treatments to tack...

April 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
AI-driven Israeli company Embryonics partners with Indian Fertility Centre

Israel-based data-driven fertility company Embryonics announced its first collaboration in India with Jaslok-FertilTree ...

April 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia explores risk reduction of stroke and heart problems after surgery

Researchers from the University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital in Australia have been awarded $1.8 million to advance r...

April 18, 2022 | Monday | News
Stroke cuts life expectancy by one third: Australian study

Almost two thirds of acute stroke patients fail to survive more than a decade and have high risk of recurrence, promptin...

April 15, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore's Juniper Biologics to offer world's first cell-mediated gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis

Juniper Biologics, a Singapore-based science-led healthcare company, has gained the licensing rights to develop and...

April 13, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia develops wireless neuro-stimulator to revolutionise patient care

Many neurological disorders like Parkinson’s, chronic depression and other psychiatric conditions could be managed...

April 12, 2022 | Tuesday | News

Podcast

Survey Box

× Please select an option to participate in the poll.
Processing...   View poll results   More polls

× You have successfully cast your vote.
{{ optionDetail.option }}{{ optionDetail.percentage }}%
{{ optionDetail.percentage }}% Complete
More polls