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Study Shows Community-Based Care For Schizophrenia Works

Community intervention was found to be more effective at reducing symptoms and disabilities in schizophrenics compared to facility-based care.

In the Lab

ZENBU Helps Scientists Make Sense Of Large Datasets

A new bioinformatics tool developed at RIKEN helps scientists visualize and make sense of large datasets.

In the Lab

A Bird’s Eye View Of Flowers

Mathematical models show that a disproportionate number of Australian flowers have colors that attract honeyeaters, suggesting that flowers have evolved in response to bird visual systems.

Health

Deadly Diarrhea Caused By Wastewater Irrigation Of Crops

The use of wastewater to irrigate crops is exposing children in Asia to a high risk of rotavirus infection and other deadly disease, scientists say.

China, UK Pledge US$33 Million For Climate Change Program

Building on five years of partnership, China and the UK have committed US$33 million to research in low carbon solutions.

Academia

President Appointed For New Monash-Suzhou Research Institute

The appointment of Monash's Yu Aibing to the Monash University-Southeast University Joint Research Institute deepens the collaboration between Australia and China.

In the Lab

Protein To Carbohydrate Ratio Outweighs Calorie Counting

A study shows that for metabolic health, it is the ratio of protein to carbohydrates in the diet that matters more than the total number of calories consumed.

Pharma

Shanxi Taxus, Cardium Therapeutics Enter Partnership

China's Shanxi Taxus' investment in US firm Cardium Therapeutics for the development of two new drugs will also give both companies access to each others' home markets.

Pharma

Biostar Partners Shaanxi University Of Chinese Medicine

Biostar pharmaceuticals and Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine aim to develop oleanic acid into a liver cancer drug.

Health

Study Shows Community-Based Care For Schizophrenia Works

Community intervention was found to be more effective at reducing symptoms and disabilities in schizophrenics compared to facility-based care.

In the Lab

ZENBU Helps Scientists Make Sense Of Large Datasets

A new bioinformatics tool developed at RIKEN helps scientists visualize and make sense of large datasets.

In the Lab

A Bird’s Eye View Of Flowers

Mathematical models show that a disproportionate number of Australian flowers have colors that attract honeyeaters, suggesting that flowers have evolved in response to bird visual systems.

Health

Deadly Diarrhea Caused By Wastewater Irrigation Of Crops

The use of wastewater to irrigate crops is exposing children in Asia to a high risk of rotavirus infection and other deadly disease, scientists say.

China, UK Pledge US$33 Million For Climate Change Program

Building on five years of partnership, China and the UK have committed US$33 million to research in low carbon solutions.

Academia

President Appointed For New Monash-Suzhou Research Institute

The appointment of Monash's Yu Aibing to the Monash University-Southeast University Joint Research Institute deepens the collaboration between Australia and China.

In the Lab

Protein To Carbohydrate Ratio Outweighs Calorie Counting

A study shows that for metabolic health, it is the ratio of protein to carbohydrates in the diet that matters more than the total number of calories consumed.

Pharma

Shanxi Taxus, Cardium Therapeutics Enter Partnership

China's Shanxi Taxus' investment in US firm Cardium Therapeutics for the development of two new drugs will also give both companies access to each others' home markets.

Pharma

Biostar Partners Shaanxi University Of Chinese Medicine

Biostar pharmaceuticals and Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine aim to develop oleanic acid into a liver cancer drug.

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