Drug to treat yellow fever developed in Singapore
Reading Time: 3 minutesAN engineered monoclonal antibody treatment designed to treat people infected with the yellow fever virus has shown success in early stage clinical trials in Singapore. Scientists from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) an interdisciplinary group at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have developed TY014, a potential treatment for the largely tropical mosquito-borne disease. The […]
New Earth Day Network Ambassador Melissa Tan to speak boldly for the environment
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: Zero waste advocate, Malaysian model, TV host and actress Melissa Tan has been appointed as Malaysia’s Earth Day Network Ambassador, joining the list of renowned international climate activists the likes of Leornado DiCarpio. Speaking about her new role, Melissa Tan said, “As an Earth Day Network Ambassador, I will continue to speak boldly […]
Scientists record rapid carbon loss from warming peatlands
Reading Time: 3 minutesSCIENTISTS at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a direct relationship between climate warming and carbon loss in a peatland ecosystem. Their study published in AGU Advances provides a glimpse of potential futures where significant stores of carbon in peat bogs could be released into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases. Peatlands currently cover […]
COVID-19 may cause deadly blood clots
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCOVID-19 may increase the risk of blot cots in women who are pregnant or taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy, according to a new manuscript published in the Endocrine Society’s journal, Endocrinology. One of the many complications of COVID-19 is the formation of blood clots in previously healthy people. Estrogen increases the chance […]
Seafood products made from cells should be labeled cell-based
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOMPANIES seeking to commercialize seafood products made from the cells of fish or shellfish should use the term “cell-based” on product labels, according to a Rutgers study – the first of its kind – in the Journal of Food Science. Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture require food products to […]