Tang Yew Chung

Australian researchers have called for the open sharing of clinical trial data in the medical research community.

A gene variant commonly found in individuals of East Asian descent, but not in African or European people, may be responsible for resistance to targeted cancer drugs used to treat certain types of leukemia and lung cancer.

Four research groups, including three based in Asia, have independently identified a novel fusion gene found in a subpopulation of lung tumors.

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment today reported the first results of its search for the last, most elusive piece of a long-standing puzzle: how is it that neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel?

A 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved by volcanic ash in Inner Mongolia, China has been studied and reconstructed in paintings.

Researchers have found that patients carrying genetic mutations that characterize Lynch syndrome face an increased risk of developing breast and pancreatic cancer.

A recent drop in Guillain–Barré syndrome cases in New Zealand has been attributed to tighter food safety regulations aimed at reducing bacterial infection from fresh poultry.

The world’s leading avian flu researchers have agreed to suspend avian flu transmission research for 60 days amid growing biosafety and biosecurity concerns.

Australian researchers have discovered that variations in the PRRT2 gene may be the cause of some infantile seizures.