EDITOR'S LETTER

EYE ON CHINA

• Palms have high net carbon gain efficiency
• Leaf drought tolerance critical in multiple assembly processes in tropical forest communities
• Chinese venture capital firm Virtus Inspire Ventures invests in Israeli company Gordian Surgical
• China to revive corn-based ethanol amid record high stocks
• EMEC to help develop marine energy test facility in China
• Meet the new SpongeBob: Novel material Separates Oil from Water
• Scientists reveal transboundary transport and deposition of Hg emission from biomass burning in the Indo-China Peninsula
• Summer monsoon rain belt in East Asia to shift northward as Planet warms up
• Study unveils the difference to Western and Indigenous Chinese Pig breeds when their feeds were exchanged
• Researchers identify a miRNA that promotes Human Treg cell stability under Inflammation
• Scientists discover 'Super Material' that can be used in bulletproof vests and military tanks
• People with first-episode schizophrenia exhibit persistent time-based prospective memory deficit within the first year of onset

• Smog Free Tower: The Huge Hoover in the City
• A New Look into Toxicology Risk Assessement and Environmental Safety. Systems Biology Verification – The Toxicology Risk Assessment Network Verification Challenge
• Effective remedies to the Southeast Asia Transboundary Haze: What’s burning?
• The Haze Blanket on your Lungs, the Environment and the Costs.

• The Great Mind in Research & Enterprise: A conversation with Prof. Jackie Ying
• Featured interview – Duke Kunshan University, Prof. Fang-Fang Yin
• Learn more about the new treatment for Type-2 Diabetes Jardiance from Dr. Editha Arceo

• Brighton Biotech, Inc. acquires exclusive global license for development, commercialization of vaccines for MERS, SARS
• New Anti-PD-L1 Antibody enables deeper insights into Cancer Immunology Research
• King’s College London and RCT establish new anticancer drug discovery company
• ResMed completes acquisition of Curative Medical, a leader in sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory care medical devices
• Bionomics announces extension of strategic collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc. for the discovery and development of novel pain medications
• Asian American Medical Group returns to the black with S$0.6M net profit for FY2015; revenue up 65% on strong demand for liver treatment services
• Cystic Fibrosis treatment receives FDA orphan drug designation and fast track status
• Humacyte- Developer of lab-grown blood vessels receives $150M funding boost
• Horizon Pharma plc announces favourable Markman ruling in RAVICTI® (glycerol phenylbutyrate) oral liquid patent infringement lawsuit

SINGAPORE

• Agilent Technologies opens training center focused on analytical laboratory skills: offers more than 200 courses

• Photodynamic therapy and Surgery to remove cancer cells in Pulmonary & Thymoma Pleurae spread

• Merck unites with UNESCO to build research capacity in Africa

• Laccure(R) Pessary meets the needs of women suffering from Bacterial Vaginosis, a hidden health problem with reduced Quality of Life

• Ebola treatment beds prevented 57,000 Ebola cases and 40,000 deaths in Sierra Leone

• Why Elephants rarely get Cancer
• Surgeons restore hand, arm movement to Quadriplegic Patients
• Lilly to discontinue development of Evacetrapib for high-risk Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
• Study uses gene editing to take brakes off lab-based red blood cell production

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