Spotlight on Ulam Raja
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudy finds anti-diabetes chemicals in local salad eaten by Malay community RESEARCHERS in Malaysia have shown that the plant Cosmos caudatus Kunth contains chemicals that can lower blood glucose levels. These plant-based substances could be investigated further as potential therapeutic agents to help manage high blood sugar in diabetes, a disease that affects 422 million […]
Cancer researchers take Nobel for Medicine
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded recently to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer, a breakthrough that has led to an entirely new class of drugs and brought lasting remissions to many patients […]
Sentinext on mission to control HFMD with vaccine
Reading Time: 3 minutesMALAYSIAN based company Sentinext Therapeutics Sdn Bhd (Sentinext) is developing a vaccine against a strain of enterovirus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) – a condition commonly affecting children and which can lead to deadly infection of the brain and spinal cord membranes. HFMD causes fever and blisters around the hands, feet and […]
Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals? “We really don’t understand what makes the human brain special,” said Ed Lein, PhD, Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. “Studying the […]
Why do we have different blood types?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 19000, Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner discovered there are three blood groups A, B, and O. It was a huge find and he won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for it in 1930. A few years later researchers would discover the AB group. There are four main blood types. Blood type A is […]
How can your tooth save your life?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBY SCIENCE BRIDGE ACADEMY When we were younger our parents would tell us that when our teeth fell out, the Tooth Fairy would come and exchange it with a gold coin! But did you know that your tooth can actually save your life? Similar to cord blood, [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ]you can find stem […]
Researchers turn to deadly venoms in their quest for life-saving therapies
Reading Time: 2 minutesNEY YORK: Venomous reptiles, bugs and marine life have notorious reputations as dangerous, sometimes life-threatening creatures. But in a paper in the current issue of Science, first author Mandë Holford, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (GC/CUNY) and Hunter College, details how technology […]
Nanoparticles in a pill
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRESEARCHERS at University of Utah Health developed a proof-of-concept technology using nanoparticles that could offer a new approach for oral medications. The results will be published online in the August 8 issue of the journal ACS Nano. “In the pharmaceutical world, this has been regarded as the holy grail,” said You Han Bae, Ph.D., professor […]
Low-quality medicines prevalent in the developing world
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA NEW study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are a serious problem in much of the world. In low- and middle-income countries, more than 13 percent of the essential medicines that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population […]
Genetic engineering promises cornucopia of future products—but biotechnology critics take lethal aim
Reading Time: 5 minutesBY STEVEN CERIER GENETIC engineering is most often linked to the foods that we eat and crops that we grow. It’s a technology that has generated a great deal of controversy, with opponents claiming it is inherently dangerous to human health and the environment. There is however no scientific evidence to validate those concerns. GE […]