Contents
EDITORIAL
BioBoard
INDIA
• Stem cell therapy is "no remedy for stroke"
THE PHILIPPINES
• Farmers losing from GM eggplant ban, says expert
SINGAPORE
• Breakthrough discovery by researchers contributes towards future treatment of multiple sclerosis and autoimmune inflammation
VIETNAM
• Some Asians found to carry gene resistant to typhoid
• Vietnam eyes water-saving technology for its rice farms
AFRICA
• South Africa's healthcare "still burdened with diseases"
• Healthcare workers use buddy system to fight Ebola
• STI ministerial summit appeals for Africa-led research
BANGLADESH
• Jute as possible arsenic remover in Bangladesh
EGYPT
• Interest grows in unusual Egyptian method of mosquito control
EUROPE
• Research team proves the efficacy of new drug against stem cells that provoke the onset and growth of cancer and its metastasis
UNITED STATES
• Protein predicts response to new immunotherapy drug
• A link between DNA transcription and disease causing expansions which lead to hereditary disorders
• Penn Medicine team develops cognitive test battery to assess the impact of long duration spaceflights on astronauts' brain function
• Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
• Mosquitoes and malaria: Scientists pinpoint how biting cousins have grown apart
EYE ON CHINA
• MRC Technology and Yabao Pharmaceuticals enter exclusive partnership in China to develop novel therapeutics for Parkinson's disease
• CARsgen completes series A financing
• Bitter food but good medicine from cucumber genetics
• Aeterna Zentaris and Sinopharm A-Think sign master collaboration agreement for Zoptarelin doxorubicin in China
• Plant used in traditional Chinese medicine may treat metabolic diseases and obesity
• Evidence that domestic chickens first found in China
• Climate change may blunt China's effort to fight disease
• Sino-Swiss Heart-Lung Transplantation Institute founded in Tongji hospital
• DKU Campus officially opens
• Medical education exchange meeting held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of relationships between China and France
• Hips more popular than knees for large joint replacement surgery in China, says GlobalData analyst
FEATURES
• Indian Pharma Industry: Trends, Predictions and Challenges
• RFID Smart Sensing
• Rational Design for the Next Generation of Vaccines
• Is Aging a Risk Factor for Cancer?
• China's Synthetic Biology Research
• Ethical Responsibility to Manage Incidental Findings in Brain Imaging Research
• Translating Research at SingHealth: Cardiometabollic Diseases
• Universities: A Treasure Trove of Technologies
• The Increasing Need for Bioinformatics in Life Science and Biotechnology Research
• Site Mapping the Innovative Way
• New Antifungals or Old?
PEOPLE WATCH
• Future Healthcare Solutions
INSIDE INDUSTRY
• Singapore's Khoo Teck Puat Hospital achieves HIMSS Analytics Stage 6
• PSR-Agility wins second consecutive ROAR Award for “Best Orphan Drug CRO”
• Ooredoo Myanmar maternity app “maymay” wins bronze at 2014 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
• Vietnam and IRRI jointly craft strategy to boost country's rice industry
• Cognizant completes acquisition of TriZetto, creating a fully-integrated healthcare technology and operations leader
• Teduglutide granted orphan drug designation in Japan
• Murata joins Singapore's EcoCampus initiative
• AbbVie acquires manufacturing facility in Singapore; further expands capabilities in Asia
• Regen BioPharma acquires University of Toronto cancer stem cell intellectual property
• Vetter opens office to support growing Asian healthcare market
• Ceapro's research scientist, Bernhard Seifried, Ph.D., honored with Scientific Achievement & Innovation Award from BioAlberta
• U.S. Department of Agriculture awards telemedicine grant to Good Samaritan Hospital
• UCB and Daiichi Sankyo partner to bring treatment to people living with epilepsy in Japan
• Amgen opens Next-Generation Biomanufacturing Facility in Singapore
• Women dominate Rice Scientist awards
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