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Elderly Chinese Living Longer But Faring Poorer
People in China are living longer but individuals in the oldest-old population experience poorer physical and cognitive function.
Asians With Type 2 Diabetes At Greater Risk Of Cancer
Researchers have found that type 2 diabetes is linked with a 26 percent increase in the risk of death from cancer in Asians.
Diabetes Drug Could Prevent Spread Of Aggressive Breast Cancer
A drug that has already been approved for treating diabetes has been shown to inhibit an enzyme that drives an aggressive type of breast cancer.
NTU Singapore Collaborates With Chinese & Japanese Institutions
NTU Singapore partners with University of Chinese Academy of Sciences for artificial intelligence research and Japan's RIKEN for human biology studies.
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Amit Sharma
Dr. Amit Sharma is leading the charge in the search for new drugs against the ancient scourge of malaria.
The Future Of Data Storage Is Atomic
Researchers have stored information in a single atom, creating a memory device a million times smaller than commercially available ones.
Students Help Build Synthetic Yeast Chromosome
These synthetic yeast chromosomes bring scientists one step closer to creating artificial life.
A Biologist’s Dream Budget
In a perfect world where research funding isn’t so hard to come by, a biologist would definitely get all of these—clone and all.
Spinning Pee To Detect Cancer
Researchers in South Korea have developed a fast and simple method to detect cancer biomarkers from bodily fluids like blood or urine.












