A*STAR & partners roll out breakthrough COVID-19 test

DSO National Laboratories and A*STAR's Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub in Singapore have jointly developed RESOLUTE 2....

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
Equal Strategy launches world's first odorless, medical-grade ambient sanitizer

Equal Strategy, a leading sensory branding consultancy based in Singapore has launched a new business arm, Eco...

July 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Epstein-Barr virus rewires host epigenomes to drive stomach cancer

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), one of the most common human viruses is associated with about 8–10 per cent of stoma...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore develops highly specific COVID-19 test to detect neutralizing Abs in 1hr

Singapore researchers have developed a unique and rapid SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralisation test (sVNT) to determi...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore clinicians develop innovative ventilator for COVID-19 patients

Singapore's Clinician innovators from SingHealth hospitals viz., KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), S...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Oncoshot partners with Mydoc to offer second opinion experts advice to cancer patients

Singapore medical start-up Oncoshot is partnering with digital healthcare provider MyDoc, to give cancer patients access...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
MP Biomedicals, A*STAR co-develop rapid Ab test kit for SARS-COV-2

MP Biomedicals Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in collaboration with Singapore's A*STAR has developed ASSURE®&nb...

July 29, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Docquity partners with Novartis to support medical professionals

Singapore based startup Docquity, Southeast Asia's largest professional network of doctors, has partnered with...

July 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore boosts nationwide mask production

Singapore has been ramping up its masks production capabilities since experiments have shown that wearing a ma...

July 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore approves clinical trial application for LUNAR-COV19 vaccine

US based Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the di...

July 23, 2020 | Thursday | News
Omron launches UVC autonomous disinfection service robot

Singapore based OMRON Asia Pacific, a global leader in industrial automation solutions across Asia Pacific, has forayed ...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore researchers solves challenges of adolescent sleep inadequacy

Adolescents in academically competitive societies often fail to obtain adequate sleep on school-day nights. 85% of secon...

July 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops non-invasive ventilation helmet for COVID-19 patients

With the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore’s healthcare system is faced with uncertainties and challenges includin...

July 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
4th edition of Asia’s largest startup challenges "SLINGSHOT 2020" invites application

SLINGSHOT 2020, powered by Startup SG, is now open for applications with over US$575,000 in prizes to be won! As one of...

July 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore's surgical robotic firm NDR Medical closes SGD$8m in Series A funding round

Singapore-based surgical robotic firm NDR Medical Technology Pte Ltd today announced that it has raised SGD$8 million in...

July 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore develops advanced human liver organoids

A long-term research collaboration between A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National Universit...

July 17, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore invents robotic system with AI-driven skin and vision sensors

Two researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who are members of the Intel Neuromorphic Research ...

July 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies critical antibody target site in SARS-CoV-2

The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have announced...

July 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News