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Dengue On The Way To Becoming Endemic In China

Analysis of dengue virus sequences in Southern China suggests that dengue cases may not be isolated, imported incidents as previously thought.

In the Lab

Untangling The Adzuki Bean Genome

The difference in starch and fat content between adzuki beans and soybeans is caused by differences in transcriptional abundance rather than copy number variations, scientists say.

Print

Big Data Versus The Next Big Outbreak

We now have vast amounts of information at our fingertips; could we use it to tackle some of the most challenging and complex public health issues the world is facing today?

Print

Sensors For Seniors

As Asia ages, its population will have to cope with chronic illnesses, repeated hospitalizations and a limited pool of trained caregivers. Could wearable technology help?

In the Lab

A Profile Of Microbial Aerosols Across China

Researchers have used a unique UV-based probe to measure the size distribution and diversity of microbes across 11 provinces of China.

In the Lab

Dengue Epidemic Linked To El Niño Effect

A cross-border epidemiological study on the dengue epidemic in Southeast Asia has linked high temperatures caused by El Niño effect with spikes of dengue cases.

Pharma

Eisai Provides Free Antiparasitic Tablets To Indonesia

Eisai has provided 151 million free diethylcarbamazine citrate tablets to the government of Indonesia for the treatment of elephantiasis.

Features

The Basement Tinkerer

Professor Freddy Boey has gone from basement tinkerer to the provost of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

In the Lab

Supercritical Fluids Help Stabilize Quantum Dot Formation

Supercritical CO₂, which is also used to decaffeinate coffee, has been used to stabilize the formation of quantum dots.

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