Highlights
Anxiety Disorders
Agoraphobic flies help studies on human angst
13 December 2016What anxious Drosophila can tell us about the future of anti-anxiety treatments
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Small RNAs offer big hope for lung cancer treatment
29 November 2016A pair of microRNAs implicated in the spread of lung cancer could lead to new diagnostics and therapies
A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
Revealing the blueprints
29 November 2016A sensitive DNA profiling technique could improve scientists’ approach to fighting cancer drug resistance
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Potential asthma treatment worth its salt
29 November 2016Investigations into novel solid forms of the anti-inflammatory drug oxaprozin may lead to a new combined asthma therapy
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
Mix and match lasers
29 November 2016Combining silicon with an optically active material enables tiny lasers compatible with industrial fabrication techniques
Flow Cytometry
New tool to clean flow cytometry data
29 November 2016A more intuitive and efficient solution to get rid of anomalies in immunological studies
Prozac
Anxiety over anxiety research
29 November 2016Researchers find evidence of shelved negative results in preclinical studies of anxiety
Stable Isotope Labeling
Playing tag with proteins
15 November 2016Proximity labeling reveals the key components of a structure that gives cells their sense of place
Interleukin-6
Searching for a cure for frailty
15 November 2016An in-depth analysis of blood cells reveals signs of aging
Genetics
Facing off a deadly mutation
15 November 2016A gene mutation that makes the body turn life-saving immune cells into a rare and dangerous cancer has been identified for the first time
Organic Chemistry
The power of three
15 November 2016Insight into the role of a three-ring ligand may improve palladium-catalyzed reactions used for synthesizing organic products
Adverse Drug Reactions
Avoiding adverse reactions to medication
15 November 2016Singaporeans spend 48,000 extra days a year in hospital due to adverse drug reactions
Stem Cells
A step closer to stem cell treatments
15 November 2016A technique that generates brown fat cells from human bone marrow-derived stem cells could transform the treatment of metabolic disorders
