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Boehringer Ingelheim Enters Global Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Innovative Antibodies from A*STAR for Targeted Cancer Therapies
Jun 02, 2022 21:00 JST
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Boehringer Ingelheim Enters Global Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Innovative Antibodies from A*STAR for Targeted Cancer Therapies
Jun 02, 2022 21:00 JST
Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced a global licensing agreement under which Boehringer Ingelheim will obtain exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products based on a panel of innovative, tumor-specific antibodies from A*STAR.
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A*STAR and Local SME Work with Vaccination Centres to Deploy AVID System for Filling Syringes
Sep 30, 2021 16:00 JST
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has developed an Automated Vaccine Inoculation Dispenser (AVID) system, which replaces the manual step of filling injection syringes with vaccine liquid. AVID is customised for the vaccination centres which are set up by the Ministry of Health and operated by private healthcare providers.
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Singapore Cancer Drug ETC-159 Advances Further in Clinical Trials
Jul 31, 2020 08:00 JST
Made-in-Singapore cancer drug, ETC-159, has achieved a new developmental milestone in achieving "First Patient First Visit[1]" in Phase 1B. The first dose of ETC-159 has been administered to patients in this new phase of clinical testing, which for the first time, will look at efficacy in addition to assessing the safety of ETC-159 in treating different types of cancers.
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MP Biomedicals and A*STAR Co-Develop Rapid Antibody Test Kit for SARS-CoV-2
Jul 24, 2020 17:00 JST
MP Biomedicals Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, a diagnostic corporation which has been operating for over 30 years focusing on various infectious disease testing development and manufacturing, today announced the successful development of a rapid antibody test kit for COVID-19, in collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
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Fujitsu, SMU and A*STAR Launch Digital Platform Experimentation Project using Quantum-Inspired Computing and Deep Learning Technology
Oct 22, 2019 04:00 JST
Fujitsu Limited, the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of High Performance Computing today announced the launch of the Digital Platform Experimentation Project.
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Singapore's Drug Development Efforts Given Additional Momentum with National Platforms
Jun 28, 2019 08:00 JST
The nation's drug development efforts have been given additional momentum with the introduction of two new platforms, and a grant scheme for drug discovery and development.
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Passing of Dr Sydney Brenner, Nobel Laureate, Renowned Pioneer in Molecular Biology, A*Star Senior Fellow
Apr 05, 2019 18:00 JST
It is with deep regret that the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) announces the passing of Dr Sydney Brenner, Honorary Singapore Citizen, and A*STAR Senior Fellow, early this morning.
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Branched-Chain Amino Acids Found to Regulate the Development and Progression of Cancer
Jan 21, 2019 13:00 JST
Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have discovered that branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in tumours can be targeted to prevent and treat cancer.
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Scientists Discover the Tuberal Nucleus' Role in Controlling Appetite and Body Weight
Jul 13, 2018 10:00 JST
Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have identified a new region of the mouse brain called the Tuberal Nucleus (TN), which affects appetite and body weight.
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Human Heart Tissue Grown from Stem Cells Improves Drug Testing
Jun 08, 2017 10:00 JST
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have engineered a three-dimensional heart tissue from human stem cells to test the safety and efficacy of new drugs on the heart.
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NovogeneAIT Singapore and the Genome Institute of Singapore Forge Public-Private Partnership to Establish Whole Genome Sequencing Centre in Singapore
Dec 08, 2016 09:00 JST
NovogeneAIT Genomics Singapore (NovogeneAIT) - a new joint venture between Novogene and AITbiotech - will establish a joint whole genome sequencing (WGS) centre at Biopolis, Singapore.
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Scientists Successfully Create Blood from Skin Cells
Nov 21, 2016 18:00 JST
Researchers in Singapore have artificially generated new mouse blood and immune cells from skin cells. This is a significant first step towards the eventual goal: the engineering of new human blood cells from skin cells or other artificial sources.
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Singapore Scientists Develop DNA-altering Technology to Tackle Diseases
Sep 13, 2016 17:30 JST
Researchers in Singapore have developed a new protein that can alter DNA in living cells with much higher precision than current methods.
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Singapore Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains
Jul 29, 2016 00:00 JST
Scientists in Singapore have made a big leap on research on the 'mini-brain'. These advanced mini versions of the human midbrain will help researchers develop treatments and conduct other studies into Parkinson's Disease[1] (PD) and ageing-related brain diseases.
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A*STAR and MSD Establish a New Research Collaboration to Advance Peptide Therapeutics
Jul 20, 2016 10:00 JST
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and MSD (known as Merck & Co., Inc., in U.S.A. and Canada) have formed a two-year collaboration aimed at improving cellular delivery of macrocyclic peptides, a class of molecules that can potentially access therapeutic strategies that have been refractory to traditional approaches.
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Singapore Scientists Discover New Pathways Leading to Cancer Progression
Jul 18, 2016 10:00 JST
Scientists from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore and the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore came together to understand how EZH2, a cancer-promoting gene which is known to be involved in many types of cancers, is activated in breast cancer and lymphomas.
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Study Finds Strong Genetic Risk Factor for Kidney Disease
Jul 13, 2016 10:00 JST
An international research collaboration has discovered a strong genetic risk factor for IgA nephropathy (IgAN) - the most common inflammatory kidney disease worldwide - and related renal dysfunction.
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A New Way to Diagnose and Treat Lung Cancer
Jul 12, 2016 10:00 JST
A team of researchers from Singapore has discovered a class of small RNA molecules, known as oncomiRs, which are responsible for fuelling lung cancer.
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A New Way of Looking at Cancer
Jul 08, 2016 16:00 JST
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have reported that these clusters are unlike what others have assumed previously, potentially opening up new ways to detect and inhibit the spread of cancer.
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New Material Kills E. Coli Bacteria in 30 Seconds
Jun 03, 2016 10:00 JST
Every day, we are exposed to millions of harmful bacteria that can cause infectious diseases, such as the E. coli bacteria. Now, researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within 30 seconds.
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Real-Time Imaging of Embryo Development Could Pave the Way for More Effective Human Reproduction Therapies
May 20, 2016 15:00 JST
Researchers at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have developed advanced microscopy technologies to monitor embryo development in real time, revealing how mammalian cells differentiate during the earliest stages of embryonic life.
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Ipsen partners with IMCB to advance understanding and research of Botulinum Neurotoxin Biology
May 16, 2016 13:40 JST
Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY), a global specialty-driven pharmaceutical company, and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the aegis of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, today announced the signature of a research partnership to study the intracellular trafficking of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) within neurons.
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New Technique Paves the Way for Drug Targeting to Fight Microbial Resistance
May 13, 2016 11:00 JST
Research investigators in Singapore have developed a new high throughput method that identifies how ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules come together in an unbiased and large-scale manner inside cells.
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Scientists Discover New Technology Breakthrough in Fighting Viral Diseases
May 11, 2016 21:00 JST
Today, IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) and Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) announced that they have identified a new breakthrough macromolecule that could help prevent deadly virus infections with a unique triple-play mechanism that can also help prevent viral drug resistance.
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A*STAR and US EPA to Co-develop Innovative Methods to Assess and Predict the Safety of Chemicals, without Relying on Animal Testing
Feb 03, 2016 09:00 JST
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are partnering to develop new approaches to identify chemicals that could pose a risk to human health.
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International Collaboration to Advance Research on Non-Animal Approaches to Chemical Safety Testing
Jan 25, 2016 18:00 JST
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are partnering to develop new approaches to identify chemicals that could pose a risk to human health.
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Scratching the Surface of Skin Disease
Nov 06, 2015 09:00 JST
An international team of scientists, led by researchers from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), and Bioinformatics Institute (BII), and P&G, have completed the first comprehensive genomic and biologic study of all species of Malassezia, one of the top skin disease-causing microbes.
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Two A*STAR Scientists Clinch Prestigious 2015 EMBO Young Investigator Awards
Nov 04, 2015 15:00 JST
Two A*STAR scientists have joined 21 other scientists as EMBO Young Investigators, becoming part of an international network that represents some of the best young researchers in Europe and beyond.
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