Highlights
Inflammation
Ready, steady, fuse!
14 January 2019White blood cells in different subsets have varying propensities to fuse in response to inflammation
Sleep
Gut feelings are not for everyone
14 January 2019Gut bacteria in fruit flies do not have a major influence on behavior
Robotics
Recognizing the right tool for the job
14 January 2019An algorithm gives robots an instinctive understanding of how to use tools
Catalysis
Boosting the hydrogen economy
19 December 2018A newly discovered catalyst promises cheaper hydrogen production
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Defects in catalyst boost water splitting efficiency
19 December 2018Defects in nanoparticles help to drive the production of hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel
Inflammation
Clotting agent fragments help reduce sepsis risk
19 December 2018Small fragments of the coagulating protein thrombin may reduce the likelihood of bacterial wound infection leading to sepsis
Infection
Getting a grip on hand, foot and mouth disease
19 December 2018Testing for human microRNA in saliva could help prevent outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease in children
Bioinformatics
A library with a difference
19 December 2018The 160K Natural Organism Library houses a wealth of novel compounds for biological research
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Unlocking new antibiotics
19 December 2018Leveraging the power of CRISPR-Cas9 to awaken antibiotics from their silent gene clusters
Cancer
Uncapping a new therapy
19 December 2018A deeper understanding of chromosome capping could improve therapies for both cancer and aging
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
Identifying white knights of the arteries
29 November 2018A sub-group of white blood cells help maintain arterial structure and may aid development of treatments for vascular diseases
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Blood factories closer to reality
29 November 2018With
an eye to transfusion for patients, researchers are getting close to growing huge
numbers of red blood cells in industrial-grade vats
Interferon-induced Transmembrane Protein Family
Quelling anti-viral responses
29 November 2018The Influenza A virus deliberately enhances levels of the human p53 protein to reduce anti-viral gene and protein expression
