Highlights
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Look inside your heart
24 September 2015Magnetic resonance imaging provides insight into myocardial mechanics after a heart attack
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Healing wounds with pain
24 September 2015Pain receptors in the skin also play an important role in wound healing
Antibodies
Pushing for greater purity
24 September 2015A standard purification process changes the structure of antibodies — and then changes them back
Gene Deletion
Removing genes without a trace
24 September 2015DNA repair mechanism manipulated to delete genes without leaving a scar
Dengue
Virus version control
10 September 2015A protein vaccine designed to target all four variations of the dengue virus proves effective in mouse trials
Energy Storage
Power of marine inspiration
10 September 2015Bioinspired carbon anodes enable high performance in lithium-ion batteries
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
Balancing light and heavy chain expression
10 September 2015Self-cleaving peptides are key for easy and efficient monoclonal antibody production
Two-photon Microscopy
Lighting up alpha cells
10 September 2015Clear imaging of pancreatic cells has been made possible through the development of a novel fluorescent probe
Silicon
Tapering off for efficiency
10 September 2015A new compact structure enables efficient lasers to be realized on silicon chips
Interferon
Enzyme helps detect foreign DNA
10 September 2015The immune system relies on an enzyme called Bruton’s tyrosine kinase to sense nucleic acids from pathogens
Directional Excitation
Close to the point of more efficient chips
25 August 2015More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating
Embryotic Stem Cell
Shaping fates
25 August 2015Full-length Chd1 protein is needed for embryonic stem cell differentiation
Catalysis
Finding ‘Goldilocks’ nanoparticles
25 August 2015Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes
