Yu Min – Asian Scientist Magazine

MERS Vaccine Unlikely Soon, Experts Say

Due to the difficulty of finding a suitable animal model to study the disease, researchers do not expect a working MERS vaccine within the next few years.

In the Lab

Exercise Helps Mice Escape Side Effects of Epilepsy Drugs

Having access to an exercise wheel seems to protect mice from the negative effects of prenatal exposure to antiepileptic drugs.

EmTech Asia Names 2016 Top Ten Innovators Under 35

Eight researchers and inventors based in Singapore and two from Australia have been selected as this year's finalists for EmTech Asia's top innovators under 35.

In the Lab

More Bacon For Your Buck

Bama mini pigs thrive even on a low protein diet, suggesting that raising indigenous Chinese pigs could reduce feeding costs.

Pharma

ASLAN & Hyundai Pharm Collaborate To Develop Cancer Drug

The two companies will conduct clinical trials to assess varlitinib in the treatment of aggressive bile duct cancer, a disease prevalent in South Korea.

Four Asian Teams Win 2016 Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics

Established by key entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley, the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics went to Japanese, Chinese and Canadian research teams working on neutrino oscillation.

In the Lab

Precise, Reversible Control Of Calcium Flux

By combining optogenetics with the Ca²⁺ sensor STIM1, scientists now have unprecedented control over Ca²⁺ influx into a cell in vitro and in vivo.

In the Lab

Add Graphene For Super Sensitive Magnetoresistance Sensing

A graphene-based magnetoresistance sensor has proven to be 200 times more sensitive than commercially available ones made of silicon or indium antimonide.

In the Lab

Solving The REM Sleep Mystery

Using genetic tools to manipulate activity of a specific class of neurons in the brain, neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit involved in REM sleep.

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