Genetics
Catering to the quirks of lung cancer in East Asians
24 Dec 2020A large genetic study has identified distinct features of lung cancer in East Asians, which which could improve prediction and treatment outcomes.
Genetic clues lead to the identification of Jamuar Syndrome
16 Oct 2020An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.
A fatal flaw in the immune system
28 Sep 2020Clinicians and scientists have discovered a rare mutation that impairs the immune system, and are using their findings to devise treatment strategies
Bioinformatics: At the forefront, behind the scenes
4 Sep 2020Sebastian Maurer-Stroh shares how bioinformatics has enabled Singapore to respond quickly to COVID-19 and will continue to play an important role in ongoing surveillance.
The mutation making COVID-19 milder
24 Aug 2020Scientists at A*STAR have found that a mutation in SARS-CoV-2 called ∆382 leads to milder clinical outcomes, with implications for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.
The COVID-19 outliers
16 Jul 2020An international genetics consortium seeks to unravel the mystery of why COVID-19 infection is silent in some cases and lethal in others.
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.
Asian genomes in the spotlight
24 Feb 2020A*STAR scientists have created the world’s largest multi-ethnic Asian genetic database to further biomedical research and shed light on the origins of three major ethnic groups in the region.
Commemorating the life of Sydney Brenner
18 Jul 2019Dr. Sydney Brenner, the visionary molecular biologist and Nobel laureate who turned a humble soil worm into one of the most-studied organisms in biology, passed away on April 5, 2019 in Singapore. He was 92.
Clearing the air on cilia development
24 May 2019A*STAR researchers have uncovered the sequence of genetic events behind the development of motile cilia in airways.
Sydney Brenner’s 10-on-10: a take on evolution through the aeons
21 Feb 2019A new book spans 14 billion years of evolution and explores humanity’s place in time.
Classify and conquer
12 Dec 2017Molecular dissection of bile duct cancer reveals subtypes with different origins and varying potential treatments