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An Eye-Opening Stem Cell Discovery

A research group in Japan has found that different versions of a protein called laminin can cause human stem cells to become specific cell types in the eye.

In the Lab

Six Steps To Turn Stem Cells Into Liver Cells

Scientists have devised a method to generate large numbers of pure liver cells from stem cells.

In the Lab

The Key To Multicellularity: Cancer-Suppressing Genes

How did humans and other complex, multicellular organisms evolve from single-celled ones? Genes identical to a human cancer-suppressing gene could be the answer.

EDITOR’S PICK

10 Years Of Celebrating Asia’s Researchers

Every year, Asian Scientist Magazine publishes Asian Scientist 100, a carefully curated list of the best and brightest researchers and leaders in SETM in Asia. This year we complete a decade of doing so.
Learning From Environmental Defenders

Drawing on traditional knowledge systems, environmental researchers and policymakers in Asia are working with indigenous communities to design better strategies for environmental conservation.
The Equalizers

Across Asia, people with disabilities are breaking physical and social barriers to STEM fields, opening the way for others.

An Eye-Opening Stem Cell Discovery

Six Steps To Turn Stem Cells Into Liver Cells

The Key To Multicellularity: Cancer-Suppressing Genes

EDITOR’S PICK

10 Years Of Celebrating Asia’s Researchers

Learning From Environmental Defenders

The Equalizers