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Immunology

Classifying and counting immune cells with an app

17 September 2019

Researchers at A*STAR have developed a method to obtain a holistic view of the identities and proportions of immune cells in patient blood samples.

Digital Health

Going deep into the science of sleep

30 August 2019

A*STAR researchers have developed a deep learning method to more accurately measure sleep duration and quality.

Catalysis

Cracking the code of better catalysis

30 August 2019

Encapsulating iron nanoparticles in hollow, sponge-like zeolites make stable and selective chemical catalysts.

Digital Health

A snappy way to track wound healing

30 August 2019

Need to monitor how well a wound is healing? There’s an app for that.

Microbiology

Figuring out the fungi that live on and inside us

30 August 2019

Recent progress in our understanding of Malassezia fungi is helping to unlock the secrets of their role in human health and disease.

Skin Biology

Acne problems are more than skin deep

30 August 2019

A review by A*STAR researchers highlights the need to better understand the role of the skin microbiota in acne development.

Polymer Science

A vision for better eye treatments

23 August 2019

Researchers at A*STAR have invented a biodegradable thermogel that mimics the clear, gelatinous substance called vitreous in the eye.

Molecular Biology

One gene, many targets

23 August 2019

Different forms of the protein HNF4ɑ can pair up to influence diverse processes ranging from development to diabetes, study shows.

Metabolic Disease

Getting to the roots of early-onset diabetes

23 August 2019

Mutations in the gene HNF4A impair liver and pancreas development, indicating that maturity-onset diabetes of the young starts much earlier than initially thought.

Infectious Disease

Finding the ‘fingerprints’ of the Zika virus

19 August 2019

A*STAR researchers have identified four peptide sequences that distinguish the Zika virus from other flaviviruses, with implications for diagnostics and vaccine development.

Immunology

Revisiting the antiviral role of Viperin

19 August 2019

The antiviral protein Viperin keeps immune cells in check to prevent joint swelling during chikungunya virus infection.

A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)

A leg up for neuroscience

13 August 2019

An automated machine learning system for analyzing leg movements in fruit flies is helping A*STAR researchers shed light on how neurodegenerative diseases develop.

Cancer Biology

Targeting cancer from the inside out

13 August 2019

In times of stress, cancer cells move a protein normally found inside the cell to the cell surface, making it accessible to antibodies for immunotherapy.

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