The drug metformin, already used in the USA to treat type 2 diabetes, also enhances the body's immune response to tuberculosis, according to A*STAR researchers.
Jun 24, 2015
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An international consortium has combined data from 150,000 people around the globe to shed light on genetic risk factors for schizophrenia, a debilitating psychotic disorder.
Mar 4, 2015
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A study led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Infectious Diseases Labs (ID Labs) has identified a gene, KCNJ15, that is associated with helping our immune ...
Feb 21, 2022
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When skin is injured or exposed to a pathogen attack, the body's immune system responds rapidly. But the exact skin-cell-based mechanisms behind these responses remain unclear. Now, A*STAR researchers have uncovered how skin-localized ...
Jun 10, 2015
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The protein thrombin is vital for ensuring blood coagulates in a wound, but new research suggests small fragments of it, called thrombin-derived C-terminal peptides (TCPs), could also decrease the risk of sepsis in response ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and clinicians from Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) have found that when it comes to influenza vaccinations, healthy elderly individuals are able ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the generation of neurons. This important finding, which is crucial in understanding serious diseases of the brain such ...
Aug 28, 2013
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Researchers and doctors at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have co-developed the first molecular test kit that can predict ...
Aug 1, 2014
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The ability to grow human heart muscle cells in bulk could help routine replacement of heart cells damaged during a heart attack and may also improve testing of pharmaceutical drugs on heart cells, shows A*STAR research1.
Jan 21, 2015
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Amyloids, or fibrous aggregates of abnormally folded proteins, are a common feature in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. Amyloids occur naturally in the body, but despite decades of research, ...
Apr 22, 2013
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