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Novel Approach to Malaria Vaccine.

Australian Bionic Eye about to Begin Human Trials.

Discovery of Upregulated Enzyme in Damaged Brain Tissue.

Cataract Gene Uncovered by Chinese Scientists.

Study Shows HK 1997 Flu Originates from Single Mutation.

Ten Percent Japanese have Gene Mutation Tied to Abnormal Clotting.

Correlation between Electromagnetism and Leukemia.

Womb Nutrition Critical to Later Health.

Study Shows Asthma is Needlessly Tolerated.

New Treatment for Heart Failure.

Taiwan’s New Rice Strain Holds Promise.

Parental Habits Affects Children’s Weight.

Biota Discovers New Potent Antivirals.

Celladon Partners with V-Kardia on Development of Percutaneous Delivery of Gene Therapy for Heart Failure.

Regenera Closes Multimillion Dollar Drug Deal.

Napo Pharma Collaborates with AsiaPharm.

Matrix Buys Over Belgian Company Docpharma.

Ranbaxy Buys Portfolio from Spain's EFARMES.

Japan's MediBIC and ReaMetrix India Team up.

Medical & Biological Labs and DNAVEC Establish Joint Venture Company in China.

Britsol-Meyers Squibb Collaborates with Korea's Celltrion.

YM Biosciences Partners with Kuhnil to Develop Nimotuzumab.

A Company that Helps Translate Basic Research into Useful Biomedical Products.

InfleXion Corp Develops Diagnostic Kits.

GNI and Shanghai Genomics Merge.

MerLion Announces Collaboration Agreement with Sankyo.

Schering AG Sets Up Asia-Pacific Headquarters in Singapore.

Three Global Companies Invest US$112 Million to Form Joint Venture: Interpharma, Quintiles and Temasek Holdings

The New Hip Thing: Flying halfway around the globe for a new hip.

Diagnostics & Cardiovascular Disease - Helping to Curtail Rising Numbers.

Frequent Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation Patients and Anticoagulants.

Eco-friendlily Yours: The Way Forward.

TauRx enters collaborative R&D agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma.

Major New Asean Health and Well-Being Study.

EUROPE – Avastin + Metformin = Drastic reduction in skin cancer.

EUROPE – Skin barrier puzzle solved.

EUROPE – Ageing population could boost economy.

EUROPE – Social amoeba replace animals in Bipolar Disorder research.

JAPAN – Rogue DNA plays key role in heart failure.

JAPAN – New photonics technology to spot and help cure diseases earlier.

JAPAN – Researchers at University of Bonn convert skin and umbilical cord cells directly into nerve cells.

SINGAPORE – IBN's 'Fish and Chips' may help accelerate drug discovery.

USA – Non-cancerous brain tumors linked to frequent dental X-rays.

USA – New cellular mechanism against viral infections uncovered.

USA – Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes.

USA – Sugar production switch in liver may offer target for new diabetes therapies.

USA – Dengue changes gene activity, function of mosquito salivary glands.

USA – ORNL, Yale take steps toward fast, low-cost DNA sequencing device.

USA – Normal tissue cells have "personal space" issues.

USA – Scientists discover key enzymes that uncross chromosomes.

USA – New Brain-Machine Interface Moves Paralyzed Hand.

USA – Researchers Find Evidence of Banned Antibiotics in Poultry Products.

AUSTRALIA – Origins of plague: Scientists reveal the cause of one of the most devastating pandemics in human history.

AUSTRALIA – Admedus releases interim phase I results for Herpes study.

CAMBODIA – Study tags cause of malaria drug resistance in Cambodia.

JAPAN – Discovery of mechanism by which sex hormone regulates aggressive behavior.

SINGAPORE – Singapore's first influenza vaccines demonstrates favorable immunogenicity and tolerability in clinical testing.

SINGAPORE – Scientists from Genome Institute of Singapore and Stanford University show RNA architecture expanding understanding of human genetics.

SINGAPORE – “Bio-Timer” that synchronizes growth.

SINGAPORE – Researchers make new discovery of protein as a promising target for treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

AFRICA – African project aims to stop rats in their tracks.

AFRICA – African monsoon project to benefit crops and healthcare.

CANADA – Cancer researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell at root of AML relapse.

EUROPE – Understanding heart failure at the cellular level.

INDIA – Africa and India cultivate agricultural research ties.

UNITED STATES – Three major genes set feather hue in pigeons.

UNITED STATES – Mouse study shows gene therapy may be possible cure for Hurler syndrome.

UNITED STATES – The ultimate decoy: Scientists find protein that helps bacteria misdirect immune system.

Site Mapping the Innovative Way.

The Art of Site Selection – How Sites Without Trials Experience Could Help Bolster Study Performance.

Become Greats through GREATS.

Unraveling Heart Failure: Looking at an Asian Phenotype.

Recognizing Opportunities Amidst Biopharma Challenges in China.

Lupus Research Institute awards $1-million grants to discover what causes lupus.

AstraZeneca and Pharmacyclics enter clinical trial collaborations in oncology.

Singapore — the global launch pad for game-changing clinical trials initiative.

MedImmune strengthens immuno-oncology capabilities with acquisition of Definiens.

AOP Orphan to bring Thromboreductin^® to the Russian market.

PPP launched to improve prevention of women's cancers and quality of cancer registries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

National Heart Research Institute Singapore and Thermo Fisher Scientific team up to further enhance stem cell research techniques.

Felicitex Therapeutics and Selvita initiate strategic collaboration to target cancer quiescence.

WomenHeart launches first campaign to improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations for women living with heart failure.

President's Science and Technology Awards 2014 honors outstanding scientific talent for their contributions to Singapore's R&D landscape.

WuXi PharmaTech acquires NextCODE Health to create global leader in genomic medicine.

CardioKinetix completes enrollment in Chinese trial of first-of-its-kind parachute device for treatment of heart failure.

Hua Medicine raises $25 million in Series B financing to start Phase 2 trials.

BCI forms partnership with CBIA.

Greener nylon production could cut costs and pollution.

Innovent Biologics, Inc. completes $100 million Series C financing funds to advance novel biologic pipeline and internal operations.

PerkinElmer opens new medical laboratory in Suzhou, China.

3SBio acquires Sirton Pharmaceuticals SpA.

SINGAPORE – NUS Researchers Uncover Potent Parasite-killing Mechanism of Nobel Prize-Winning Anti-Malarial Drug.

SINGAPORE – Robotic Glove Invented by NUS Researchers Helps Patients Restore Hand Movements.

UNITED STATES – Study Reveals Environment, Behavior Contribute to Some 80 Percent of Cancers.

UNITED STATES – Probing the Mystery of How Cancer Cells Die.

UNITED STATES – Liver Hormone Works Through Brain's Reward Pathway to Reduce Preference for Sweets & Alcohol.

UNITED STATES – How Three Genes You've Never Heard of May Influence Human Fertility.

UNITED STATES – Researchers Find Link between Processed Foods and Autoimmune Diseases.

UNITED KINGDOM – Is Evolution More Intelligent Than We Thought?

UNITED KINGDOM – Unravelling the Genetics of Pregnancy and Heart Failure.

SWITZERLAND – New Global Framework to Eliminate Rabies.

CANADA – Droughts Hit Cereal Crops Harder Since 1980s.

TAIWAN – Discovery of Key Autophagy Terminator that Contributes to Cell Survival and Muscle Homeostasis.

Partnership with Bayer Addressing Healthcare Needs.

Exploring the Factors behind Heart Failure Disease in Asia.

Tobacco Harm Reduction and Reduced-Risk Products.

Nobel Laureate Cooperates with Infinitus to Explore the Potential Roles of TCM in Immune Regulation.

XW Labs Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement with University of Pittsburgh to Develop Novel Mitochondria-Targeting Compounds.

Genetically-Engineered Malaria Vaccine May be Used in Liver Cancer Immunotherapy.

Magellan Diagnostics and PDXWildlife Partner to Identify Lead Exposure in Giant Pandas.

China Able to Detect 300 Known Pathogens within 72 Hours.

BioVentrix Announces the 1st Revivent TC™ TransCatheter Commercial Procedure to Treat Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in China.

New Superbug Could Be Epidemic.

Functional Circuits Regulate Activity of Serotonergic Neurons.

SERS Helps to Evaluate DHA Effect on Cancer Cells.

China Building World’s Largest Multifunctional Nano Research Facility.

Chinese Researchers Reveal a New Antiviral Defense Mechanism in Rice.

ATOZET® a New Combination Treatment Option for High-Risk Patients to Lower LDL Cholesterol, is Now Approved in Singapore.

ASEAN+ Rare Disease Network Established.

Luye Medical Joins Forces with OncoCare To Expand Its Integrated Healthcare Services Platform for Their Patients.

NUS Pharmacy Team Develops Online “Calculator” to Predict Risk of Early Hospital Readmission.

The Bare Essentials: Ensuring Affordable Access to Insulin.

AstraZeneca’s CVD-REAL Study Shows SGLT-2 Inhibitors Significantly Reduced Death and Hospitalisations for Heart Failure Versus Other Type-2 Diabetes Medicines.

ASIA – Gene mutation discovered to cause severe growth retardation in newly discovered disease.

ASIA – Singapore scientists make major breakthrough to treat fibrotic diseases that cause organ impairment and failure.

ASIA – DcR3 is the key factor of endometriosis.

ASIA – Singapore Volition signs MOU with National Taiwan University to conduct two large clinical studies.

EUROPE & CIS – NPL relaunches to accelerate access to new health innovations.

EUROPE & CIS – The hard truth about Eczema: It’s something in the water.

EUROPE & CIS – Gastric acid suppressant lansoprazole may target tuberculosis.

EUROPE & CIS – Long-term aspirin use reduces incidence of digestive cancers by up to 47 per cent.

AMERICAS – Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize for pioneering studies on circadian rhythm.

AMERICAS – Ohio physicians contribute to groundbreaking stroke research.

AMERICAS – A poorly explored immune cell may impact cancer immunity and immunotherapy.

AMERICAS – Superbugs have a new foe.

AMERICAS – Approved drug or herbal treatment: How to choose?

CSI: Cancer Scene Investigation

Improving risk stratification in hypertensive heart disease: What is in the horizon?

ASIA-PACIFIC – First AI research center among Hong Kong universities.

ASIA-PACIFIC – Singapore researchers use AI to successfully treat metastatic cancer.

ASIA-PACIFIC – Tetris-like program could speed breast cancer detection.

ASIA-PACIFIC – Ground-breaking approach accelerates drug discovery process.

ASIA-PACIFIC – New findings for fatal blockages in heart’s small arteries.

ASIA-PACIFIC – Stronger chemotherapy increases cure rates for children with high-risk leukaemia.

ASIA-PACIFIC – Melbourne scientists find significant levels of polyphenols in Tamu Group’s Five10FIBRE.

ASIA-PACIFIC – A new spectrum of support in Asia’s fight against HIV/AIDS.

REST OF THE WORLD – Dietary supplement can potentially treat HER2 positive breast cancer.

REST OF THE WORLD – Understanding the relapse in breast cancer.

REST OF THE WORLD – Point-of-care sensors to detect manganese from single drop of blood.

REST OF THE WORLD – Wearable patch to monitor blood pressure inside body.

For the month of May 2021, APBN discovers how the used of digital technology and innovative new methods can help treatment, prevention and management of diseases. In the Columns section, we have a contribution by Son Pham, Country Manager for GE Healthcare Vietnam and the CEO for GE Vietnam on how technology has helped healthcare systems in Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Spotlights section, read about a research study by the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) and its international partners affirm the use of intravenous iron to help heart failure patients improve health outcomes.