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IEEE Milestone Awarded To Yasuto Mushiake
Mushiake’s discovery of self-complementary geometries in 1948 ushered in the golden age of television broadcasting.
Turning Puffs Into Pesos
The Philippine’s Secretary of Health, Dr. Paulyn Rossell-Ubial, shares with Asian Scientist Magazine how her country has turned a tax on smoking into a health intervention.
Medicine’s New Stethoscope
Detecting cancers with a blood test sounds simple enough, but is it just hype or are liquid biopsies here to stay?
A Tale Of Two Vaccines
Vaccines that prevent cancer are now a reality. Yet, not everyone has jumped at the opportunity to get immunized. Jeremy Chan investigates why.
[INFOGRAPHIC] What You Need To Know About Immunotherapy
Our immune system protects us against a host of infections, but it can also be trained to seek out and destroy cancer.
Editor’s Note – July 2017 Print Magazine
In this issue of Asian Scientist Magazine, we turn the spotlight on immunotherapy and how it is being used to fight cancer.
A Simple Way To Detect Neurotoxic Chemicals
Researchers in Japan have tested a simpler and cheaper method to detect neurotoxic contaminants in water.
CRISPR Used To Edit Genes In Human Embryos
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing cut the diseased gene in all embryos tested and did not cause genetic mosaicism, researchers report.
The Proteins That Wake Sleeping Neural Stem Cells
A protein in the spindle matrix complex called Chro holds the secret to awakening stem cells in the brain, researchers say.
