Asia-Pacific Biotech News

The following topics are under this section:

• Shanghai neurologists test brain implant to tackle drug addiction
• Bio-imaging breakthrough developed by China-Australia collaboration
• Gene-editing researchers reduce cancer risk
• Beijing Genomics Institute to invest in construction of the National Genome Science Data Centre
• DNA data storage becomes a top emerging technology
• Researchers find new gene linked to deafness
• Scientists discover highest energy cosmic gamma rays in Tibet
• China tightens rules on genetic research after rogue scientist He Jiankui's designer baby scandal
• First remote 5G breast cancer surgery a success
• Vaccine shortage hits many parts of China
• First China-Belgium Science and Technology Exchange Symposium held in Brussels

The following topics are under this section:

• Healing with Technology
• Smart Hospital: An Instrument of Care
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Precision Cancer Diagnostics: Myth or Magic?
• Transforming healthcare with data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The following topics are under this section:

• The future of predicting lifestyle diseases is here in Asia
• Breaking Barriers for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: bridging vision and reality with the language of trust
• Overcoming Challenges of Managing Information in Life Sciences, Towards the Digital Future
• Under the Weather: Cybersecurity Woes in the healthcare Industry

The following topics are under this section:

• Making an Appointment with MyDoc
• Improving Access to Mental Health Treatment with Technology
• Enhancing the knowledge and technical skills of healthcare practitioners within the interventional cardiology community (AICT-AsiaPCR)

Life of a Scientist at Chugai Pharmabody Research

The following topics are under this section:

• AUM Biosciences obtains global rights to novel targeted cancer therapy
• Vitafoods Asia Conference to present top 5 APAC nutraceutical trends
• Weight Loss Made Simple – MyDoc Launches Medically supervised LivingLite™, in Singapore and the region
• Taiwan boosts development of biomedical industry through memorandums promoting a next-generation biomedical research ecosystem
• Mount Alvernia Hospital appoints ICON SOC to build new state-of-theart integrated cancer centre
• Healthy Hearts, Healthy Aging Asia Pacific report calls for specific policy actions and focus in managing cardiovascular disease
• Anticancer agent Halaven approved for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in China
• Advent Access receives CE Mark certificate for pioneering av-Guardian™ vascular access system
• ACT Genomics opens third laboratory in Asia at Hong Kong Science Park
• GSK opens new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Singapore
• Taiwan Protein Project successfully enhances Taiwan' biotechnology R&D industry
• S$6.4 million boost for NUHS to push Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Efficiency and Outcome
• HKUST Researchers Co-Discover a Novel Function of an Enzyme Offering Insight into the Pathology of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

The following topics are under this section:

• Asia-Pacific — MIT's research enterprise in Singapore (SMART) launches new research group, boosting nation's cell therapy R&D
• Asia-Pacific — Potential cancer treatment strategies for humans from mechanisms behind low cancer occurrence in bats
• Asia-Pacific — Singapore scientists uncover mechanism behind development of viral infections
• Asia-Pacific — Exosomes found to aid in fighting Dengue infection
• Asia-Pacific — National platforms created to accelerate Singapore's drug development efforts
• Rest of the World — Cybersecurity company threat report details cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry
• Rest of the World — Artificial intelligence – designed influenza vaccine begins clinical trials in the US
• Rest of the World — Clinical – stage biotechnology company presents Murlentamab phase II study results in colorectal cancer