A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
Fungus colonies settle on human skin
5 Apr 2016Comprehensive genomic analysis of Malassezia yeasts underpins novel antifungal skin treatments
‘Junk’ DNA now center stage
19 Jan 2016DNA previously
considered superfluous may provide vital protection against stress and could
even be used in cancer treatment
Breaking through the bacterial membrane
15 Dec 2015Antimicrobials generated using a multidisciplinary fragment-based strategy destroy drug-resistant bacterial membranes
Tracing paths through a bottleneck
15 Dec 2015Computational analysis automatically identifies the paths of neurons and blood vessels in medical images
Counting in adagio
1 Dec 2015Listening to slow and steady music can help alleviate
a fear of testing in numbers
Scientific recognition for mobile app developers
17 Nov 2015A*STAR and Springer launch an open-access journal to encourage the
development of smart tools for smart science
Kidney toxicity predicted with stem cell model
17 Nov 2015Kidney cells made from reprogrammed stem cells lead scientists to an accurate way to screen for toxic compounds
Masters of monocytes
3 Nov 2015Revealing the
differences between subsets of immune cells in the blood could yield new
therapies for infectious and autoimmune disease
Reading the signs
3 Nov 2015Technology for fast and efficient detection of hand poses could lead to enhanced human-computer interactions
Snap-and-go band analysis
28 Jul 2015Mobile software simplifies measurements of gel electrophoresis
Sounding out flu viruses
26 May 2015A biosensor capable of sensitively detecting influenza viruses has potential for improving clinical diagnosis of Influenza A
RNA splicing machinery offers new drug target
12 May 2015Blocking the spliceosome delays the progression of lymphoma in mice