Highlights
Antibiotic Resistance
Taking a stab at microbes
15 January 2018Arrays of tiny, rigid, and sharp pillars mimic natural antimicrobial surfaces by binding and breaking bacterial cells open.
MXene
Picking winners from millions of possibilities
15 January 2018A
clever simulation scheme helps identify the most promising compositions of
two-dimensional materials
Cancer
More evidence for metformin
15 January 2018A
popular diabetes drug could one day be used to treat malignant tumors
Macrophages
Gut bacteria implicated in liver inflammation
15 January 2018The
effect of gut bacteria on specific immune cells is behind persistent liver
inflammation in chronic viral hepatitis
A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
All in a molecule of water for effective cancer therapy
15 January 2018Molecular simulations
reveal why certain cancer therapeutics may bind — or fail to bind — to mutant proteins
Zika
A new weapon against the Zika virus
21 December 2017An existing laboratory technique can detect Zika virus
infection and may help make
diagnostic tests more accessible
Laser
Escaping silicon
21 December 2017An
alternative fabrication scheme for microscale semiconductor lasers could expand
the applications of on-chip lasers beyond conventional silicon
Pluripotency
Keeping stem cells naïve
21 December 2017Two proteins maintain embryonic stem cell pluripotency
through different means
Silicon
A catalyst for change in chemical etching
21 December 2017A
simple, versatile and low-cost technique for etching nanoholes in silicon could
underpin new filtration and
nanophotonic devices
Dendritic Cells
Fetal immune system developed, but tolerant
18 December 2017More mysteries of the developing immune system have been revealed in a study of fetal
dendritic cells
Growth Retardation
Of mice and men
13 December 2017A rare mutation causes severe growth retardation and spine malformation in humans and mice
Epigenetics
Classify and conquer
12 December 2017Molecular dissection of bile duct cancer reveals subtypes with different origins and varying potential treatments
Genetic Variation
Mapping RNA editing
12 December 2017A large-scale study explores how RNA editing varies
between different tissue types and primates
