Highlights
Malaria
Accelerating malaria drug discovery
23 November 2020A new method of identifying drug targets in the malaria parasite P. falciparum could find broad applications in other fields of biology.
A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
Turning cancer against itself
18 November 2020Exploiting a mutation in a key tumor-fighting protein may provide a new opportunity to treat aggressive lung cancers.
Cell Cycle
Pressing pause on DNA damage
16 November 2020A protein known to switch on DNA repair genes also ‘pauses’ the cell cycle in response to DNA damage, A*STAR researchers find.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Reversing a cancer crisis
13 November 2020Researchers have pieced together a series of molecular events that trigger the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia to its acute phase—the ‘blast crisis.’
E-commerce
Taking fashion from streets to shops
11 November 2020Researchers have created a new computational framework that is set to transform the online shopping experience.
Material Science
Ultrasound imaging, the green way
9 November 2020Lead-free piezoceramics sacrifice performance for lower toxicity, but A*STAR researchers have developed a method to overcome that.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning gets a new syllabus
4 November 2020A new deep learning method increases the accuracy and range of applications for computer vision platforms.
Image Processing
Seeing clearly through the haze
2 November 2020A promising new computational model can recreate clean images out of hazy ones.
Metabolomics
Tiny but full of energy
28 October 2020Researchers at A*STAR have discovered how a class of small proteins is essential for metabolism.
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
An indelible memory of dengue
26 October 2020New clues into how the immune system remembers a dengue infection may lead to a better vaccine.
Mouse Models
Delivering drugs in a pinch
21 October 2020Using magnets, scientists have developed an innovative pressure-based technique that represents a new frontier in needle-free drug delivery.
Microbiology
The battle of the bugs goes digital
19 October 2020A new machine learning technique can predict the dynamics between microbes and therapeutics with unprecedented accuracy.
Jamuar Syndrome
Genetic clues lead to the identification of Jamuar Syndrome
16 October 2020An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.
