Tag: Researchers

Study cracks new insights into ovarian cancer’s immune evasion

November 5, 2024
Study cracks new insights into ovarian cancer's immune evasion

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a novel mechanism by which ovarian tumors hinder the immune system’s T cells, blocking their energy supply and limiting their effectiveness against cancer. This discovery, published in Nature, highlights a potential new immunotherapy […]

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Malaysian researchers innovate vaccine and medicine manufacturing

August 23, 2024

A team of academic researchers in Malaysia has developed a new method for purifying recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) produced in bacterial cells, potentially simplifying and reducing the cost of producing essential vaccines and medicines. The research team includes Dr. Lee […]

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Singapore Researchers Develops New Method for Predicting MSCs’ Cartilage Repair Efficacy

May 30, 2024
Singapore Researchers Develops New Method for Predicting MSCs' Cartilage Repair Efficacy

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-medicine (Camp) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Smart), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and collaborators from the National University of Singapore Tissue Engineering Programme (Nustep) have discovered a […]

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Study Unlocks Key Findings on Asian Carriers of Breast Cancer

February 28, 2024
Study Unlocks Key Findings on Asian Carriers of Breast Cancer

Malaysian researchers at Cancer Research Malaysia (CRMY) and the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) have published the largest study to shed light on cancer risk in Asian BRCA carriers. This study provides critical information that can assist in decisions regarding […]

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Discovery of a unique bacterial communication system may help to tackle antibiotic resistance – Study

July 20, 2023
Discovery of a unique bacterial communication system may help to tackle antibiotic resistance

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU Singapore), the Singapore Centre for Environmental […]

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Researchers develop breakthrough at-home Covid-19 test

March 5, 2023
Researchers develop breakthrough at-home Covid-19 test

A brand-new COVID-19 at-home test has been claimed to be more sensitive than the most recent cutting-edge antigen tests. The technology developed for COVID-19 by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) can also be used to create tests […]

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Researchers discover lysin able to kill multidrug-resistant bacteria

February 17, 2022

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, alongside collaborators at Nanyang Technological University, have identified a novel phage lysin – Abp013 – that could […]

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Lithuanian researchers develop model for early detection of Alzheimer’s

September 9, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s) is the world’s leading cause of dementia, causing or contributing to an estimated 70% of cases and counting. Noting this, researchers at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania […]

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COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant, researchers say

August 20, 2021

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL) have found that the delta variant of the virus causing COVID-19 is not more resistant to antibodies elicited by vaccination. According to WUSTL associate professor of medicine Dr. Jacco […]

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Singapore succeeds in detection of Covid-19 variant in wastewater

July 21, 2021

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, alongside collaborators from Biobot Analytics, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have successfully developed an […]

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