Highlights
Optical Phase
A shift in the right direction
19 January 2016A simple artificial material can influence the properties of visible light
Amyloid-beta
Probing for oligomers
19 January 2016Fluorescent probe selectively detects biomarkers linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Chromatin
A sticky situation
19 January 2016Examining the intermediate stages of antibody purification provides
insight into the manufacture of safer biopharmaceuticals at lower cost
A*STAR Institute Of Materials Research And Engineering (A*STAR IMRE)
Tiny gaps provide a golden opportunity
19 January 2016Frequency conversion of light on a tiny scale is now possible thanks to
a gold nanostructure containing miniscule gaps
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sharp images of moving tumors
5 January 2016Lung tumors can be accurately imaged by a method that combines the best
aspects of two existing imaging techniques
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC)
Insulin on demand
5 January 2016A
biochemical explanation for the success of billion-dollar diabetes drugs
Epigenetics
Regulatory regions revealed in one shot
5 January 2016Disease-causing regions of the genome that affect gene expression levels are mapped with a new method
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
A cell surface–to–nucleus super highway
5 January 2016Receptors may be able to turn
genes on and off by taking a newly-discovered route to the heart of the cell
Stem Cells
Stem cells for the ovary
5 January 2016A protein
biomarker confirms the presence of stem cells that maintain ovaries
Immunology
Understanding infants’ itchy skin
5 January 2016The age at which eczema appears in young children may indicate its cause
Genetics
Genomic re-arrangement linked to gastric cancer
15 December 2015Fusion of two genes that regulate cellular adhesion increases risk of gastric cancer
T-cells
Putting a block on inflammation
15 December 2015Limiting immune response can reduce joint injury caused by the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus
Nanowire
Prospecting for green catalysts
15 December 2015Computer calculations indicate the best places to look for nanowire catalysts to accelerate green reactions
