Zooming in on HPV with aptasensors
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY SAARANI VENGADESEN & THIVIYA DARMARAJAN BIOGENES TECHNOLOGIES (BIOGENES) is already known for its novel innovation of diagnostic kits using an aptamer-based biosensing platform to replace the use of animal-derived antibodies. After successfully innovating aptamer-based diagnostic kits to detect the Covid-19 virus and sepsis infection – the company is developing a similar diagnostic kit to […]
Review Your 2022 Wellness Journey and Next Action Plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI Here we are now, the last month of 2022. Let’s do a review and reflect on your wellness journey. Shall we? Oh yes. Because what you don’t measure is not real. Statistics show you can better position and accomplish your goal by measuring your performance. You know where you are […]
Declare Climate Emergency
Reading Time: 5 minutesBY MOGESH SABABATHY THE order to close picnic and camping places nationwide following the landslide tragedy at the Father’s Organic Farm camping site, Batang Kali, is like crying over spilled milk. More surprising is that the camping sites involved in the incident were identified as unlicensed and had been operating illegally since 2020. This means for […]
Climate action must address needs of women and children
Reading Time: 3 minutes BY DR SHARIFAH MUHAIRAH SHAHABUDIN THE world is witnessing a climate emergency, disrupting all living beings on earth and its natural environment. The change in climate has seen devastating floods, extreme heat waves, strong storms, and severe droughts. The rising sea levels are threatening to submerge coastal communities, while extreme heat becomes intolerable to the human […]
Researchers identify genes to help fruit adapt to droughts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRESEARCHERS from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have completed the first study that provides a comprehensive picture of changes in gene expression in response to water stress in tomatoes and identified genes that could help plant breeders develop fruit that can cope with drought conditions. Led by BTI Assistant Professor Carmen Catalá, who is also a […]
Artificial intelligence PadiMedical system, accelerates patient critical data sharing
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY AISHAH HISAMUDDIN THE PadiMedical system was designed with the integration of Artificial Intelligence in mind, assisting in the detection of disease features and improving clinical workflow, giving medical practitioners the advantage of responding to the disease in its early stages as one of the supports to accelerate patient clinical image critical data sharing. The cost of medical […]
Kenyans need to turn to GM crops to combat drought
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKENYA is experiencing a severe water shortage due to four failed rainy seasons and is in the middle of the worst droughts that happened in the East African region in four decades. These conditions lead to reduced crop production and indicate a possible famine. One of the solutions to such problems is the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops […]
Life-saving light beam to detect malaria
Reading Time: 2 minutesA FAST, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives annually. Malaria is usually detected by a blood test, but scientists have devised a method using a device that shines a beam of harmless infrared light on a person’s ear or finger for five-to-10 […]
Global Leaders Tackle Conservation at UN Biodiversity Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesCANADA’S Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, welcomed the delegates of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Being one of the countries promoting conservation, Canada stepped up to be the host of COP15, which takes place from December 7 to 19, 2022. Biodiversity is a crucial topic of […]
UN sect-gen: Do not relent in the fight for climate justice, climate ambition
Reading Time: 2 minutesCOP27 took place not far from Mount Sinai, a site that is central to many faiths and to the story of Moses, or Musa. It’s fitting. Climate chaos is a crisis of biblical proportions. The signs are everywhere. Instead of a burning bush, we face a burning planet. From the beginning, this conference has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and […]