A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS)
A new breath of life
17 Jan 2012The discovery of distal airway stem cells opens the door to new therapies for reversing pulmonary disease
Markers for bone-fusion disease
17 Jan 2012A genome-wide association study has identified genetic variations associated with the debilitating disease ankylosing spondylitis
Malignant rearrangements
6 Dec 2011DNA sequencing reveals how breast cancer cells rearrange their genome to create fusion genes for driving tumor development
Knowing what they want to be in life
6 Dec 2011Collaborative study sheds light on our understanding of how stem cells differentiate during embryonic development
Sorting through the damage
22 Nov 2011A high-throughput sequencing strategy allows scientists to follow cancer’s trail of genomic destruction
A collective effort
8 Nov 2011Gene regulation may depend more on the synergy of multiple proteins rather than discrete contributions of individual factors
Delayed polyadenylation of maternal mRNA
25 Oct 2011An atlas of embryonic stage-specific gene expression in fish provides insights into a long-standing enigma of the developmental process
Aggravating tumor aggressiveness
11 Oct 2011A protein secreted from breast cancer cells enhances the spread and survival of tumor cells
Differentiation in the balance
13 Sep 2011The differentiation of stem cells into particular fetal cell lineages is a precarious affair acted out on a molecular battlefield
Reprogramming with synthetic proteins
5 Jul 2011Genetically engineered proteins can be used to revert cells back to their undifferentiated state
Size matters
24 May 2011Variations in three genes can affect the size of the optic disc, a structure in the eye that is larger in individuals with visual dysfunction