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Forging New Paths In Cancer Diagnostics

HistoIndex is partnering with the University of Malaya and Pathomics Health to roll out an integrative diagnostics platform for the holistic analysis of patient tumor biopsies.

Features

Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Amalendu Krishna

Although mathematics is perceived by many as a difficult subject, Professor Amalendu Krishna finds the precision of numbers to be extremely intriguing and intellectually stimulating.

Features

Making Mediation Mainstream

SMU Professor Nadja Alexander hopes that mediation will become people’s first recourse when they have a dispute to settle.

Features

The New Rules Of Digital Trade

With the internet and emerging digital technologies transforming global trade, is there a need for new laws to regulate this rapidly evolving landscape? A panel of experts discussed this question at SMU’s conference on digital trade.

Features

Giving Credit Where It Is Due

Intellectual property laws strike a balance between incentivising innovation and ensuring that information and freedom of expression are not curtailed, says SMU Associate Professor Saw Cheng Lim.

Academia

Please Mind The (Curiosity) Gap

Singapore’s education system produces individuals with excellent technical competency, but curiosity may be needed if a quantum leap is to be made in an innovation economy.

In the Lab

RNA Processing Defect Causes Motor Neuron Death

Impairment of the RNA processing pathway in motor neurons is responsible for their death in Lou Gehrig's disease.

In the Lab

Mapping The Brain’s Cholinergic Neuron Circuits

Scientists in China have generated a precise 3D whole-brain atlas of the cholinergic system in the human brain.

Pharma

First Dengue Vaccine In Asia Approved In The Philippines

Dengvaxia®, the world's first dengue vaccine, has been approved for use in the Philippines.

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