Home page

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a new computer tool to ensure faster care and treatment for stroke patients.

Read more of the article entitled 'Beating the clock for ischemic stroke sufferers'

Japanese researchers have successfully developed the world's first imaging method for visualising the behaviour of nicotine-adenine dinucleotide derivative (NAD(P)H), a key coenzyme, inside cells. This feat could ultimately facilitate the diagnosis of cancer and liver dysfunction and help to elucidate the mechanisms of neurological disorders.

Read more of the article entitled 'World's first successful visualisation of key coenzyme'

A passive method for sorting and fixing microbeads of different sizes could lead to cheaper and more functional biological assays

Read more of the article entitled 'Microbeads are easily fixed'

Malaysia, with its multi-ethnic population, is a perfect laboratory for scientists to look at how inherited differences in genes can affect the patient’s responses to medications. These genetic differences can be used to predict whether a medication will be effective for a particular person and to help prevent adverse drug reactions.

Read more of the article entitled 'University Malaya team publishes papers in Pharmocogenomics on reactions to antiepileptic and schizophrenia drugs'

(Tsukuba, 14 March 2014) Proteins associated with the regulation of organ size and shape have been found to respond to the mechanics of the microenvironment in ways that specifically affect the decision of adult cardiac stem cells to generate muscular or vascular cells.

Read more of the article entitled 'Heart cells respond to stiff environments'