2016 – Page 24 – Asian Scientist Magazine

Researchers have developed a new worm strain as a model to study the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, particularly in the early stages.

The fossil is most likely from a species similar to Iguanodon, a large herbivorous dinosaur that lived about 133 million years ago.

In single cell experiments, the protein MapZ has been shown to control the rotation of bacteria in response to chemical gradients.

Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered a crucial part of the genetic machinery that ‘switches’ on the Neuroglobin gene.

Training programs for informal healthcare providers in rural India helped to increase their disease management by 7.9 percent.

Drugs which snap the spindles of diving cells could also be effective anti-cancer compounds, researchers say.

No, not the coffee! Nepal’s coffee-growing areas are expected to shrink due to climate change—but banana cultivation could flourish.

Flufenamic acid, currently used for treating colds, has been found to suppress the spread of bladder cancers and reduce chemoresistance in mice.

A study reveals how a key photoreceptor of plants is turned on and off, allowing them to remain responsive to light.

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