Highlights
Cancer
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.
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
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.
Cancer
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.’
Machine Learning
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.
A*STAR Institute Of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC)
Machine learning gets a new syllabus
4 November 2020A new deep learning method increases the accuracy and range of applications for computer vision platforms.
Generative Adversarial Networks
Seeing clearly through the haze
2 November 2020A promising new computational model can recreate clean images out of hazy ones.
Skin Research Institute Of Singapore (SRIS)
Tiny but full of energy
28 October 2020Researchers at A*STAR have discovered how a class of small proteins is essential for metabolism.
Immunology
An indelible memory of dengue
26 October 2020New clues into how the immune system remembers a dengue infection may lead to a better vaccine.
Skin Biology
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.
Machine Learning
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.
Genetics
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.
Nanotechnology
Paving the way for infrared photodetectors
14 October 2020Faster temperature scanners may be on the way thanks to A*STAR researchers who have developed an infrared photodetector that works at room temperature.
