Asia-Pacific Biotech News

The following topics are under this section:

• Officials in China make progress in development of new drugs
• China conducts its first 5G-streamed robot-assisted surgery in Shanghai, China
• First Asian Scientist to be awarded the IBRO-Kemali Prize: Dr Hu Hailan
• Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology gains approval for OsrHSA by U.S. FDA
• B&R tumor prevention, control training base to be built in Chongqing
• China-Thailand Joint Research Institute on Medicine Launched in Bangkok
• Porous Fibres Graphene Developed for Highly Sensitive Wearable Sensors
• New Cotton Fertilization Method Developed by CAS Researchers

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• On the edge of an AI revolution: unlocking its full potential and maintaining regulatory balance
• How Artificial Intelligence (AI) will shape the future of precision diagnosis
• New Artificial Intelligence (AI) based system predicts risks of major cardiac events for clinical triage

The following topics are under this section:

• The Science of Healthy Ageing
• Precision medicine in oncology: charting advancements and next steps in Asia

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• Thailand Medtech landscape – Customer to Innovator
• Fine-tuning Cell Manufacturing through Critical Analytics
• The life cycle of pharmaceutical drug discovery – from bench to bedside

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• Australian medical life sciences company expands nutraceutical business to the USA
• First Amgen Scholars Asia Symposium in Singapore held by Amgen Foundation
• Breakthrough study by world leader in meat-free food finds alternative source of protein to milk protein
• Meeting the need for Surgical Site Infection Prevention in the Asia Pacific
• Patient intelligence company raises US$13 million, taking its AI-powered doctor discovery platform global
• New study reveals top health and nutrition priorities for children, according to Mothers across Asia Pacific
• Entity Health launches new supplement targeted as a defence against progression to Type 2 Diabetes
• Xylonix collaborates with BioGemex to develop novel pre-treatment point-of-care diagnostic
• Imagion Biosystems initiates regulatory communications for first-in-human study

Life of a Scientist – Dr Koji Itahana (Duke – NUS)

The following topics are under this section:

• Asia-Pacific — Early treatment of vision and hearing problems can contribute to enhancing health for older adults
• Asia-Pacific — Study finds association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder various biomarkers and health conditions
• Asia-Pacific — Japanese scientists discover new species of non-blooming orchids on Japanese subtropical islands
• Asia-Pacific — Improving sleep quality through short mindfulness training programmes
• Asia-Pacific — Breakthrough research in genetic engineering for precision agriculture boosts microbial manufacturing
• Asia-Pacific — Alteration of intrinsic properties of non-magnetized metals using light
• Asia-Pacific — Wireless manipulation of brain cells to help in neurological disease management
• Asia-Pacific — Relieving bottleneck in photosynthesis may have a major impact on food crops
• Asia-Pacific — Cardiac regeneration through novel dual stem cell therapy
• Rest of the World — American Heart Association advices prescription of omega-3 fatty acid medications to lower triglyceride levels
• Rest of the World — Evasion of immunodeficiency viruses by our ancestors
• Rest of the World — Detection of unreported cases of Zika virus during 2017 outbreak
• Rest of the World — How scorpion toxin is helping researchers solve the mystery of chronic pain