Novel antibodies could provide a universal flu vaccine
Reading Time: 3 minutesA NATIONWIDE team of researchers has found an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of potentially lethal influenza viruses, advancing efforts to design of a universal vaccine that could either treat or protect people against all strains of the virus. The study, which Scripps Research conducted jointly with Washington University School of Medicine […]
Edging closer towards HIV vaccine
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS in Hong Kong and the United States have identified potential weak spots in the part of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genome that codes for proteins that help the virus attach to human cells. The team used a machine learning approach to make the finding, which could help guide vaccine development. More than 31 […]
Queen is first woman chancellor of IIUM
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah could not hold back her tears when she was proclaimed as the second Constitutional Head (Chancellor) of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). With this historic proclamation, Tunku Azizah (pix), 59, becomes the first woman to be appointed to the highest post in IIUM according […]
Digital platforms: making the world a more complicated place
Reading Time: 3 minutesDIGITAL PLATFORMS, the websites and apps which compete for our precious screen time, have successfully invaded the traditional territory of many sectors of the “old economy”. They have become the preferred – expected, even – domains for many kinds of human behaviour, from banking and property buying, to dating and entertainment. In doing so, Airbnb, […]
Trade wars and the new narratives of doing global business
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE “Third World War” is here in the form of a “Cold War” or “Technology War”. But most call it a “Trade War”. The war between Huawei, Amazon and Google on who has the greatest capability and capacity to collect, process and analyse data has transformed into a geopolitical war between mega economies. The world […]