Price, nutrition among top Factors affecting Canadian consumers’ choice for GM foods
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA SURVEY conducted in 2018 found that Canadian consumers have diametric opposition to their actual purchasing behavior when it comes to genetically modified (GM) foods. This means that the consumers say that they lack trust in GM foods yet are still willing to buy them if priced reasonably. The survey involved 506 English-speaking Canadian consumers in July 2018 and […]
UBIC builds NARO Anti-tick vaccine team’s capacity for biosafety compliance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE Uganda Biosciences Information Centre (UBIC) has taken steps to build the capacity of the anti-tick vaccine (ATV) development team of Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) in communication and biosafety compliance. Beginning Dec 2, UBIC has conducted a series of training with the ATV team which has culminated in the development of a communication […]
Sunway FutureX: Future Proofing Malaysian Enterprises and Talent
Reading Time: 3 minutesSunway Group has become synonymous with sustainable development. Education is known to be its chairman, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah’s strong passion and life goals. Second to education is sustainable development. How Sunway University has creatively combined its chairman’s two strong passion is what Matt van Leeuwen, Sunway Group chief innovation officer and Sunway iLabs director […]
mRNA Vaccines to Bring Pandemic to an End
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GM tomato enriched with L-DOPA offers affordable medicine for Parkinson’s Disease
Reading Time: < 1 minuteL-DOPA is produced from tyrosine, an amino acid found in many food products. The research team inserted a gene encoding a tyrosinase, an enzyme that uses tyrosine to build molecules such as L-DOPA. This elevated the level of L-DOPA specifically in the fruit part of the plant and led to higher yields than those associated with L-DOPA […]
New class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria
Reading Time: 2 minutesWISTAR INSTITUTE scientists have discovered a new class of compounds that uniquely combine direct antibiotic killing of pan drug-resistant bacterial pathogens with a simultaneous rapid immune response for combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These finding were published today in Nature. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared AMR as one of the top 10 global public health […]
COVID-19 virus enters the brain, research strongly suggests
Reading Time: 2 minutesMORE and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like many viruses before it, is bad news for the brain. In a study published Dec.16 in Nature Neuroscience, researchers found that the spike protein, often […]
MySTIE 10-10 – An integrated policy to revolutionize S&T
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has reached another milestone by launching the Malaysian Science Technology Innovation and Economic Development Framework (MySTIE 10-10). The policy was presented livestream in the Ministry’s Facebook page on Dec 9. This policy framework is aligned to the “Shared Prosperity Vision 2030”. It integrates 10 global science and technology […]
‘Keep Malaysia Safe & Protected’ campaign launched
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MUHAMMAD ZAKWAN ZARUDIN THE Malaysian Ministry of Transport and a local firm, Gentle Supreme jointly launched the “Keep Malaysia Safe & Protected” campaign via virtual mode in response to the emerging concerns on safe travel with public transportation during the current pandemic. The campaign was launched on Dec 16 as an initiative to address […]
Role of social scientists in fighting the pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN MALAYSIA social science and natural science stand poles apart. There is very little collaboration between scientists in these two fields. While scientists from both sides create body of knowledge and their work is based on empirical data, there seem to be lack of understanding and trust between them. This could have stemmed from our […]