Diagnostics
Forecasting a (cytokine) storm
29 Mar 2021These novel immune signatures identify patients most at risk for developing severe COVID-19 symptoms.
Capturing antibodies in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients
12 Mar 2021Using flow cytometry, researchers have developed a sensitive and specific test for COVID-19 that can identify asymptomatic carriers.
Staying ahead of the (infection) curve
30 Sep 2020Serology testing may be fast and easy to perform, but there are still some limitations that need to be overcome, suggests Laurent Renia.
Identifying antibodies that work
9 Sep 2020A new test manufactured by A*STAR’s Diagnostics Development Hub in partnership with Duke-NUS Medical School could reveal if an individual is likely immune to COVID-19.
A quantum leap for biosensors
3 Aug 2020A biosensor designed with quantum properties is 15 times more sensitive than classical sensors.
The fast track to Fortitude
27 Jul 2020In a display of scientific willpower, A*STAR researchers developed and deployed the COVID-19 diagnostic Fortitude Kit within weeks of the virus reaching Singapore’s shores.
Rethinking breast cancer risk
31 Mar 2020Jingmei Li is developing a risk scoring system for breast cancer that could help clinicians formulate better screening programs to catch the disease in its early stages.
One test to determine them all
14 Jun 2019A*STAR researchers have devised a method that can detect and distinguish closely related flaviviruses with 100 percent accuracy.
A one-shot assay for flavivirus identification
14 Jun 2019Proteomics expert Ruedi Aebersold discusses the use of multiplex targeted mass spectrometry for one-shot flavivirus diagnosis.
A brighter approach to molecular genetics
23 May 2019Using an expanded genetic alphabet containing fluorescent artificial DNA bases, scientists can now visually detect and quantify DNA molecules for use in diagnostics.
Diagnostic tools in the fast lane
21 Dec 2017Diagnostic tests are the key to the early detection and treatment of
diseases — and Singapore’s Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub is accelerating the rate at which devices make it from the lab to market.
Lockdown genes to help reduce IVF failure rates
24 Aug 2017A
hunt for the special genes that defy the trend in embryos could help boost
fertility treatment success