Category: Top Story
Instant noodles recalled as Taiwan food scare widens
TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities on Thursday ordered a leading food company to recall two flavours of instant noodles over fears they contain a banned dye as the island’s latest food scandal deepened. Health officials said sauce packages in the two flavours […]
Japan lab cannot repeat ground-breaking cell finding
TOKYO – Some of Japan’s top scientists have been unable to reproduce results of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study, but which spiralled into a scandal that included a respected researcher’s suicide, reports said Thursday. The […]
3D printing points way to smarter cancer treatment
British scientists have developed a new use for 3D printing, putting it to work to create personalised replica models of cancerous parts of the body to allow doctors to target tumours more precisely. The initiative is the latest example of […]
Antibiotics resistance could kill 10m a year by 2050
The region with the highest number of deaths attributable to antimicrobial resistance would be Asia with 4.7 million A British government-commissioned review has found that resistance to antibiotics could account for 10 million deaths a year and hit global gross […]
The cause of SEA’s malaria resistance pinpointed
Growing resistance to malaria drugs in Southeast Asia is caused by a single mutated gene inside the disease-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, according to a study published in Science. This finding provides public health officials around the world with a way […]
Easy new way to keep tabs on your heartbeat
Feel your heart beating faster or even skipping a beat? A device the size of a hockey puck at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) can help doctors determine more easily if that abnormal heart rhythm is an issue […]
Affordable cancer treatment for the poor
CANCER is a disease that takes not only a physical toll on the patient but also their finances because of the cost of treatment and medication. There are numerous non-governmental organisations in the country, many of which are headquartered in […]
Takeda’s Investigational, Oral Proteasome Inhibitor Ixazomib Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by U.S. FDA for Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Light-chain Amyloidosis
SINGAPORE – Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy status to the company’s investigational, oral proteasome inhibitor, ixazomib (MLN9708), for the treatment of relapsed or refractory systemic light-chain (AL) […]
Chinese government suspends Hepatitis B vaccines
The Chinese government has temporarily halted the administration of a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) vaccine for newborn babies following the horrific deaths of eight infants over the past several months. Reports out of Shanghai indicate that millions of doses of hepatitis […]
Community-based approach pushed to curb NCDs in Asia
Community groups in the Asia-Pacific are taking the lead on prevention initiatives for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which cause 36 million deaths globally. This APEC project helps counter the rise of these diseases by conducting […]
