Long Ran – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Researchers have demonstrated that gene editing can be used to re-introduce a fetal form of hemoglobin, thereby treating sickle cell anemia.

More interactive and imaginative mobile apps could help families budget better, researchers say.

Inactivation of the death receptor FAS allows rogue B cells to escape antigen control and drive autoimmunity.

Endosomal transport follows a Lévy walk pattern, the same pattern observed in animals foraging for food.

Students from Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have topped the OECD rankings for mathematics and science.

Self-assembling nanosheets made of amyloid-forming proteins have been used to enhance retrovirus transduction.

Researchers have created transgenic cows that produce beneficial omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Disruption of normal mRNA splicing can lead to DNA damage and the activation of apoptosis, according to a study in flies.

Asparaginyl endopeptidase are unusual enzymes that can simultaneously perform energy efficient cutting and ligation reactions.