Highlights
Regional Ejection Fraction
Look inside your heart
24 September 2015Magnetic resonance imaging provides insight into myocardial mechanics after a heart attack
Wound Healing
Healing wounds with pain
24 September 2015Pain receptors in the skin also play an important role in wound healing
Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BIT)
Pushing for greater purity
24 September 2015A standard purification process changes the structure of antibodies — and then changes them back
DNA
Removing genes without a trace
24 September 2015DNA repair mechanism manipulated to delete genes without leaving a scar
Supramolecular Chemistry
Organic electronics with an edge
24 September 2015Two-dimensional
organic lattices are easier and safer to work with than inorganic materials for
spintronic and quantum computing applications
Phosphorylation
To fight or to tolerate?
24 September 2015A shift in energy processing pathways occurs in immune cells that tolerate rather than attack
Monoclonal Antibodies
Balancing light and heavy chain expression
10 September 2015Self-cleaving peptides are key for easy and efficient monoclonal antibody production
Two-photon Microscopy
Lighting up alpha cells
10 September 2015Clear imaging of pancreatic cells has been made possible through the development of a novel fluorescent probe
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
Tapering off for efficiency
10 September 2015A new compact structure enables efficient lasers to be realized on silicon chips
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
Enzyme helps detect foreign DNA
10 September 2015The immune system relies on an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase to sense nucleic acids from pathogens
Vaccine
Virus version control
10 September 2015A protein vaccine designed to target all four variations of the dengue virus proves effective in mouse trials
Heteroatom Doping
Power of marine inspiration
10 September 2015Bioinspired carbon anodes enable high performance in lithium-ion batteries
Cardiac
Braveheart molecule boosts cardiac resilience
25 August 2015Tweaking the heart’s response to injury could lead to better treatment
