Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Belt and Road Initiative: China helps Tajikistan tackle grassland degradation.

Gardasil 9 supply running short in Hong Kong.

New brain science center launched in Shanghai.

Haier Group invests in cell technology park in Chengyang, Qingdao.

Number of immuno-oncology trials in China surge by more than 50 per cent in 2016 and 2017.

Medical instrument developed in Guangzhou to culture stem cells automatically.

Tianjin University makes breakthrough in synthetic genome rearrangement.

New method Tild-CRISPR yield higher gene knock-in efficiency in mouse and human cells.

Navigating the screening conundrum in the pharmaceutical industry.

Artificial Intelligence: saving lives and securing the future.

The best pill for cancer patients: An exercise regime.

Across the divide: Multidisciplinary team to achieve better outcomes for breast cancer patients.

The state of cancer research in Asia.

Clinical utility of and access to cancer molecular diagnostics in Asia.

Reprogramming the immune system against cancer.

Look to Asia for generic manufacturing.

Johnson & Johnson opens new Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore.

India’s new guidelines on medical devices will benefit local players in long run.

Duke-NUS and Novo Nordisk to develop stem cell-based therapy for heart and eye diseases.

GE Healthcare and A*STAR co-develop medical technologies for next generation imaging diagnostics and patient monitoring.

Amgen opens next-generation workplace in Singapore.

Novotech says Federal Budget R&D tax support keeps Australia globally competitive for quality clinical trials.

Affordability and functions will determine the success of food 3D printers.

ASIA – New findings reveal a key cause of failed pregnancies and birth defects.

ASIA – Uncontrolled hypertension in rural communities.

ASIA – HKBU develops world-first metal-based probes for detection of dopamine receptors, a cancer biomarker.

ASIA – Activation switch for cancer metastasis discovered.

ASIA – NUS researchers uncover novel pathway in development of acute myeloid leukemia with poor prognosis.

ASIA – Southern Campus of Academia Sinica officially breaks ground.

ASIA – Singapore team finds new molecule that can grow blood stem cells for transplant.

ASIA – Faster genome evolution methods to transform yeast for industrial biotechnology.

ASIA – Cometh the cyborg: improved integration of living muscles into robots.

ASIA – Pigs that digest their nutrients could reduce pork industry’s carbon footprint.