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Counting The Cost: Hepatitis C Treatment In Asia

How should decisions about the cost effectiveness of hepatitis C treatments be made? Rebecca Tan finds out what the experts think at the inaugural Singapore Hepatitis Conference held at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Center from 6-7 June 2014.

Chimpanzees Better Strategists Than Humans

Scientists have demonstrated through a game with rewards that chimpanzees make better moves than humans to maximize their payoffs.

Blocking STAT5 To Fight Leukemia

Blocking STAT5 in conjunction with standard tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs could be a powerful one-two punch that kills leukemic cells.

Unlocking Eucalyptus’ Potential For Oil And Paper

Understanding the Eucalyptus genome could improve the oil producing characteristics and pest resistance of the world's most widely planted hardwood.

US$35 Firewall For Security Hygiene In Developing World

Researchers have built a firewall based on the Raspberry Pi system that could enhance cybersecurity in the developing world.

Scientists Invent Self-Healing Supercapacitors

Wearable electronics of the future could be powered by self-healing capacitors developed at NTU, which retain up to 85 percent of their electrical performance even after being cut five times.

Protecting Flowers From The Cold

The over-expression of the gene ACBP6 helped Arabidopsis flowers to better survive sub-zero temperatures, a method that could be extended to protect other flowering plants.

Spoilt Scaffolds Underlie Some Brain Defects

Scientists have identified the gene TUBB5 that regulates the microtubule scaffold in neurons, thereby playing an important role in healthy brain development.

The Geometry Of Genetic Coding

The specificity of the tRNA synthetase enzyme, and consequently protein translation, is due to geometric features determined by a single base pair known as the wobble base pair.