Highlights
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
Viral gatecrashers have trick to boost numbers
3 January 2017A blocking mechanism is used by a mysterious class of retroviruses to force their host to allow them to replicate
PfMAEBL
Taking the witchcraft out of vaccine development
3 January 2017Studying the body’s immune response to malaria infection could help scientists find life-saving vaccines
Tumor
Jekyll and Hyde genes identified
3 January 2017The paradoxical roles of well-known cancer genes are mediated by oxygen levels in breast cancer
Video
The importance of beating buffering
3 January 2017Streaming video over mobile networks could be greatly improved by smart prioritization of visually important data
Cobalt
A breath of fresh air
3 January 2017Three-layer nanoparticle catalysts improve zinc-air batteries
Chikungunya
Children shrug off disease symptoms while still infectious
13 December 2016Mild symptoms could mean that children are bringing the mosquito-borne disease to the playground
Dielectric
Into the light
13 December 2016Modeling the fluorescence enhancing capabilities of materials paves the way for more sensitive biological and chemical tracking technologies
Metastasis
Busting myths on tumor cell clusters
13 December 2016A surprising finding shows that some clusters of cells commonly found in the bloodstream of colorectal cancer patients are actually non-cancerous
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
Keeping cell division in check
13 December 2016A protein that ensures correct chromosome segregation during cell division can lead to cancer if mutated
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
Agoraphobic flies help studies on human angst
13 December 2016What anxious Drosophila can tell us about the future of anti-anxiety treatments
Stem Cells
Nurturing neurons
13 December 2016A strategy for efficiently converting stem cells to neurons offers a potent neurological research tool
Cancer Stem Cell
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
Adenocarcinoma
Revealing the blueprints
29 November 2016A sensitive DNA profiling technique could improve scientists’ approach to fighting cancer drug resistance
