Osteoarthritis is an extremely common condition – causing pain in joints during walking, standing, and other activities – that afflicts many, especially the elderly; researchers are working on...
For thousands of years, animal venoms have been used in traditional medicine. Today , many of their compounds, specifically from snakes, are being examined for their potential in therapy. Here, we...
The Phase I dose-escalation study (called “IPAX-2”) will evaluate TLX101 in combination with post-surgical standard of care comprised of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and temozolomide in...
The new enzyme-linked differential time sensor has higher sensitivity for heparin potency, enabling physicians to make safe decisions quicker during anticoagulation therapy. Thrombosis is the...
Editor’s Letter How much of our lives are due to chance and how much of it is due to our choices? In biology, we learn that a series of transcription, translation, and replication make us who we...
Scientists from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered the dual-functionality of M. tuberculosis protein kinase G, providing a potential target for...
A team of scientists and students from the University of Sheffield has designed and built a specialist microscope, and shared the build instructions to help make this equipment available to many labs...
Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by studying the patients’ brain with a...
A team of researchers from A*STAR have identified a mutated gene which causes severe brain and spinal congenital birth defects in humans, providing a much-needed genetic framework for understanding...
Telemedicine has become especially important in the face of COVID-19. Homage Health, a new programme launched by Singaporean company Homage, provides teleconsultation services supplemented by...
An emerging class of anticancer drugs known as vascular – disrupting agents (VDAs) have been developed through preclinical and clinical trials that function to selectively target the formed blood...
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) discover molecular mechanism that could provide key guidance in development of drugs for cancer. Planar Cell Polarity (PCP)...
