Di Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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New research shows that obesity is linked to an increase in the production of DNA-damaging acid that causes liver inflammation and cancer.

New research refutes an earlier study that genetic elements from plants can make it into an eater's bloodstream.

A peculiar sweet potato-like spoon worm, Arhynchite hayaoi, has been discovered in Japan.

Simcere Pharma has sold its stake in Jilin Bodapharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to Zhuhai Rongding Equity Investment Partnership L.P.

EntreMed, Inc. has submitted a new clinical trial application with the CFDA for its proprietary oncology drug candidate, ENMD-2076.

Australia's CSIRO and DSTO have signed a Strategic Relationship Agreement aimed at high-impact research priorities.

A key panel of the Japanese Ministry of Health has given a conditional green light to clinical trials involving induced pluripotent stem cells.

A 15-year-old girl from India and an all-girl trio from Singapore have made it to the finals of the 2013 Google Science Fair.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a robot fish that mimics the movements of a carp.