Can Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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A handheld “bio pen” may someday be used by surgeons to deliver live cells directly to damaged and diseased bone material.

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica and Crown BioScience, Inc. have agreed to jointly build a mouse clinical trial center in China.

Celiac disease is more common than has been reported in China, according to a new study by researchers from Nanchang University.

Scientists at A*STAR have discovered a new hormone called ELABELA that could potentially be used to treat heart disease.

Researchers in Australia have found that children are 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a mobile phone while driving.

Researchers have identified a molecule in centipede venom that may be as effective a painkiller as morphine.

Scientists from Japan and Thailand have the dubious honor of being awarded this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine and Public Health, respectively.

A DNA study in more than 20,000 pairs of siblings has found that the influence of genes on BMI scores is lower than previously thought.

New research from the RIKEN in Japan has shed light on the role of gut bacteria on the maturation of the immune system.