Emi Ito – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Condensin, a protein complex that acts as a scaffold to protect DNA during cell division, also play a protective role in response to heat stress.

Epigenetic modification or adding glycine to cell culture media can make fibroblast cell lines young again, study says.

Although China has successfully pushed through landmark tobacco control laws, it remains to be seen how they will be enforced.

What explains the stellar performance of Asian students, even when they study in the US?

Cipla will market SII's NasovacS vaccine, a painless influenza vaccine that can boost herd immunity.

Scientists have developed a nanotube-based battery that can be charged for 6,000 cycles, extending its lifetime to twenty years.

The Vietnamese government warns that multi-million dollar donor cutbacks could undermine progress in the country’s HIV/AIDS services.

Two studies published in The Lancet and Science last week show a worrying increase in resistance of the malaria parasite at the Thai-Myanmar border.

Science and education were poorly served by Myanmar's military junta and are still struggling for attention under recent reforms, writes Mike Ives.