A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
Counting in adagio
1 Dec 2015Listening to slow and steady music can help alleviate
a fear of testing in numbers
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
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
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
Stapling together cancer therapy
6 May 2014Computer simulations help design molecules with potential as a cancer therapy
Gaining the upper hand
21 Jan 2014Human–computer interactions could be improved by a new efficient and accurate hand-gesture-recognition model
All sorted on a single microchip
13 Aug 2013A microchip that can identify human pathogens in a single test could revolutionize the diagnosis of infections
Targeting tumors with ‘stapled’ peptides
16 Jul 2013Designer peptides containing chemically stabilized helices emerge as a potent way to activate anti-tumor proteins inside cells