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Perovskite LEDs For A Brighter Future

Using a method known as chemical vapor deposition, scientists in Japan have created perovskite-based LEDs that may one day replace conventional LED lights.

In the Lab

An Artificial Womb Offers Hope For Preemies

Scientists have developed an artificial womb that could someday save the lives of extremely premature babies.

In the Lab

Itch-Specific Neural Circuit Identified

Blocking neurons in a region of the brain known as the parabrachial nucleus can suppress itching in mice, researchers say.

Pharma

Thermo Fisher Licenses ToolGen’s Gene Editing IP

Thermo Fisher will utilize ToolGen's technology to develop and market new CRISPR reagent kits.

Chinese Scientists To Carry Out First Human Gene Editing Trial For Lung Cancer

Researchers in China will be testing the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique in a lung cancer trial.

The Unassuming Revolutionary

Asian Scientist Magazine catches up with the inventor of optogenetics and CRISPR gene editing, Zhang Feng.

Features

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Gene Yeo

Gene Yeo uses genetics to explore how defects in RNA processing contribute to diseases such as neurodegeneration.

In the Lab

China’s New Two-Child Policy Unlikely To Lead To Population Boom

The effect of China's two-child policy on the shrinking workforce and rapid population aging may not be felt for two decades.

In the Lab

How Toxic Proteins Mess With Your Brain

The buildup of mutant proteins with too many glutamine residues causes disease by disrupting the number of Golgi in the dendrites of brain cells.

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