Advancements in the dengue management landscape indicate a new era in the way we mitigate the impacts of the infectious disease. by Junghun Justin Kim Many of us living in Asia are well acquainted...
Viruses are the most abundant “lifeforms” in the oceans, stretching up farther than the nearest 60 galaxies if placed end-to-end. Responsible for killing about 20 per cent of the oceanic...
Immunisation is one of the most successful public health interventions but progress in the last two years has stalled or even reversed. COVID-19 and the threat of future pandemics have and will...
Researchers have identified six derivatives of Neoechinulin B that show strong anti-hepatitis C virus and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities. Known to cause liver inflammation, the hepatitis C virus is a...
Researchers have devised a novel method to rapidly and accurately detect viral nucleic acids – a breakthrough that boasts speed, sensitivity, affordability and adaptability to detect different...
Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School studied the mechanisms behind virus tolerance of bats and found changes in regulation of caspase-1 and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) pathways, with potential...
Scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) uncover...
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) uncover new insights to pathogen-free plants. Plant stem cells, or undifferentiated plant cells known as meristematic cells...
A novel chimeric influenza vaccine has been developed which has demonstrated strong cross-protective immune responses against various human and avian influenza viruses and subtypes in animal models....
A collaborative study among medical professionals and scientists from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) unveiled four crucial...
Research team from at the Institute of Biological Chemistry at Academia Sinica screens viral protease inhibitor in a bid to develop a potential drug against COVID-19. Amid the COVID-19 global...
Temperature control may exploit virus hypo-thermolability. by Giovanni Belcaro, Umberto Cornelli, Maria Rosaria Cesarone, Beatrice Feragalli, Ezio Bombardelli, and Mark Dugall Bronchial-Tracheal...
