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AUSTRALIA – Australia Halts Japanese Food Imports.

AUSTRALIA – Victorian Man Gets First Hand Transplant.

AUSTRALIA – DIY DNA Tests for Future Parents.

CHINA – China Edges Closer to Animal-Human Organ Transplant.

CHINA – Cows to Produce 'Human' Milk.

CHINA – Deadly Chinese Outbreaks Linked to New Virus.

CHINA – China Checks Food, Water for Radiation in 14 Areas.

JAPAN – Lab Grown Sperm May Help in Male Infertility.

NEW ZEALAND – Stem Cell Hope for Kidney Patients.

TAIWAN – Scientists Report 'Cell Rejuvenation' Breakthrough.

OTHER REGIONS — Pills for a Brave New World?

OTHER REGIONS — Human Hearts Created in Lab.

OTHER REGIONS — Womb Transplants Possible Next Year.

OTHER REGIONS — Scientists Create Retina Using Embryonic Stem Cells.

AUSTRALIA – Genetics Breakthrough Could Lead To New Arthritis Treatments.

AUSTRALIA – Nasal Spray Trialled for Diabetes Prevention.

AUSTRALIA – Kidney Cells Could Help Do Away with Transplants.

AUSTRALIA – Molasses Extract Helps Reduce Obesity.

HONG KONG – Chinese Medicine Could Treat Parkinson.

SINGAPORE – BN's New Genetic Engineering Technique Aims to Benefit Cancer Patients.

SINGAPORE – Singapore Doctors Design New Robotic Fingers for Surgery without Scars.

SINGAPORE – Prototype Tools for Mass Producing Nanostructures to Launch in Singapore.

OTHER REGIONS — Cancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin.

OTHER REGIONS — New Lung Cancer Gene Found.

OTHER REGIONS — Brain Waves Can Foretell Future Actions.

AUSTRALIA – Mosquito Virus Hits Australia.

AUSTRALIA – Dairy Intake Could Aid Healthcare Budget.

AUSTRALIA – New Stem Cells could Fix Broken Hearts.

CHINA – Toxin Found in Chinese Milk.

CHINA – New Way to Detect Liver Cancer Earlier.

SINGAPORE – TTSH First to Perform Robotic Gastrectomy in SE Asia.

SINGAPORE – Doctor Uses Glove Instead of Port in Colon Surgery.

SINGAPORE – Singapore & China Scientists Perform Asian Genome-wide study on Kidney Disease.

TAIWAN – Biologists Generate Man-made Pluripotent Stem Cells to Aid Study of Pompe Disease.

SOUTH KOREA – Korea's Medical Policy Improvement Project for Foreign Patients.

OTHER REGIONS – Single Gene Links Rare Cancers.

OTHER REGIONS – Israeli Scientists Develop Cancer 'Cluster Bomb'.

AUSTRALIA – Successful FDA end-of-Phase-2 for Hatchtech head lice product DeOVO^™

AUSTRALIA – Senz Oncology secures seed funding for promising cancer drug.

AUSTRALIA – Geneworks develops DNA barcodes for international security.

INDIA – Stress hormones: Good or Bad for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder risk?

SINGAPORE – New study shows fertility knowledge gaps may exacerbate Singapore's declining birth rate challenge.

SINGAPORE – World's first wearable robotic device for stroke rehabilitation comes to Singapore.

SRI LANKA – Conflicting reports highlight scientific data gaps in Sri Lanka's chronic kidney disease.

EUROPE – InDex Pharmaceuticals strengthens IP position for Kappaproct.

EUROPE – Novozymes and Terranol to market advanced biofuel yeast.

EUROPE – The world's first (official) biosimilar antibody goes to… Rheumatoid Arthritis.

USA – MRI reveals brain's response to reading.

USA – Novozymes partner Chemtex receives USDA commitment to build advanced biofuels plant in United States.

USA – Fossil fuel and renewable energy subsidies on the rise.

INDIA – Lack of access to technology ‘hampers detection of substandard drugs’.

JAPAN – Daiichi Sankyo announces development of nucleic acid treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy utilizing proprietary technology.

SINGAPORE – IBN creates unlimited source of human kidney cells.

SINGAPORE – Dyesol and Singapore's NTU sign agreement.

THE PHILIPPINES – Global biotech/GM crop plantings increase 100-fold from 1996.

AUSTRALIA – Phosphagenics further expands pain portfolio.

AUSTRALIA – Primary Health Care signs Australia distribution agreement for iGeneScreen™ prenatal test.

AUSTRALIA – Folic acid in pregnancy linked with reduced autism risk.

AUSTRALIA – Phylogica and Bio-Link collaborate to commercialize anti-inflammatory Phylomers.

AUSTRALIA – ABRAXANE^® plus gemcitabine improves survival in Phase III study of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

CANADA – Verisante Technology, Inc. announces first sales of aura, a revolutionary medical device for the detection of skin cancer.

EUROPE – Project eyes robust medical technology for poor countries.

UNITED KINGDOM – Asthma sufferers have more lung fungi.

UNITED KINGDOM – Pioneering drug discovery gets major funding to move to next stage.

UNITED STATES – Gilead's sofosbuvir for hepatitis C meets primary endpoint in fourth pivotal Phase III study.

UNITED STATES – Eleven Biotherapeutics publishes data on EBI-005, a novel IL-1 inhibitor protein for topical treatment of dry eye disease.

UNITED STATES – Phase I/II trial of ADXS-HPV in anal cancer conducted by Brown University Oncology Group.

UNITED STATES – Scopolamine: An old drug with new psychiatric applications.

UNITED STATES – New bioengineered ears look and act like the real thing.

UNITED STATES – To trap a rainbow, slow down light.

UNITED STATES – AB SCIEX responds to milk contamination concerns with new method to detect dicyandiamide.

Treating An Aging Population – Innovative Dutch Solutions: Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency.

AUSTRALIA – Chronic pain research delves into the brain

KOREA – STC life, Ltd. successfully treats stroke patients at Stem Cell Research Treatment Center

MALAYSIA – Indigenous people ‘at graver risk’ of neglected diseases

SINGAPORE – A*STAR scientists create stem cells from a drop of blood

THE PHILIPPINES – ‘Too many exotic species’ in Philippine greening plan

AFRICA – The parasite that escaped out of Africa

CANADA – Genome British Columbia researchers closing in on chlamydia vaccine

EUROPE – Teesside University pioneering life-saving research

EUROPE – Inactivated polio vaccines broadly available for the world's children in the drive toward polio eradication

EUROPE – Vitamin D deficiency may compromise immune function

EUROPE – Inflammation mobilizes tumor cells

NEPAL – Animal-borne parasites plague Nepal

UNITED STATES – Zebrafish discovery may shed light on human kidney function

UNITED STATES – Nanoparticles and magnetic fields train immune cells to fight cancer in mice

UNITED STATES – Building heart tissue that beats

UNITED STATES – Immunology researchers uncover pathways that direct immune system to turn ‘on’ or ‘off’

UNITED STATES – How diabetes drugs may work against cancer

UNITED STATES – Study reveals how a protein common in cancers jumps anti-tumor mechanisms

UNITED STATES – Smoking While Pregnant May Compromise Children’s Kidney Function.

UNITED STATES – You Are What You Exhale.

UNITED STATES – A Diet of Fruits, Vegetables May Help Kidney Disease Patients.

TAIWAN – TLC to Proceed with TLC599 Phase 2 Trial in Taiwan.

TAIWAN – TLC Reports Results of Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of TLC599 for Sustained Pain Relief in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee.

JAPAN – Chugai to Join Global Initiative for Addressing Rise of Non-Communicable Diseases in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries.

AUSTRALIA & MALAYSIA – Holista CollTech Collaborates with Nobel Prize Nominee to File Patent for World’s First Low-GI Sugar with All-Natural Ingredients.

For the month of June 2020, in our Features section, we have an article contribution by Dr Jonathan Teh a Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Asian Alliance Radiation & Oncology (AARO) on how SBRT can provide hope for inoperable kidney cancer. Also in the Features section, we commemorate World Health Day with Viatris.

In the Columns section, look at how the microbiome can be a gateway to wellness in an article contribution by Daniel Ramón Vidal, Vice President of R&D Health & Wellness at ADM. Also, explore how artificial intelligence and advanced analytics can help in enhancing clinical trial process.

In the Spotlights section, we interviewed Jeong Jae Youn, Country Manager for GE Healthcare Singapore & Emerging ASEAN to dive into mammograms and ultrasound methods used for early detection of signs of breast cancer.

This study investigates the long-term effects of PEG-PLA nano-artificial cells containing hemoglobin (nanoRBCs) on renal function and renal histology after a one-third blood volume toploading in rats. The experimental rats received one of the following infusions: NanoRBCs in Ringer’s lactate solution, stroma-free hemoglobin (SFHb), polyhemoglobin (polyHb) or autologous rat whole blood (rat RBCs). Blood samples were taken before infusions and on Days 1, 7 and 21 after infusions for biochemistry analysis. Rats were sacrificed on Day 21 after the infusions and their kidneys were excised for histology examination. Infusion of SFHb induced significant decrease in renal function damage as evidenced by elevated serum urea, creatinine and uric acid throughout the 21 days. Kidney histology in the SFHb infusion group revealed focal tubular necrosis and intraluminal cellular debris in the proximal tubules, whereas the glomeruli were not observed to be damaged. There was no abnormalities in renal biochemistry or histology in all the other groups (nanoRBCs, polyHb, Ringer’s lactate solution and rat RBCs). In conclusion, the injections of nanoRBCs did not have adverse effects on renal function or remal histology.