Category: Top Story
Google seeks way to search bodies for disease
Google is exploring a way to search inside people’s bodies for early signs of deadly illnesses such as cancer or heart disease. A Life Sciences team at the special projects Google X Lab are experimenting with having “nanoparticles” hunt for […]
China warns against eating nassarius snails
BEIJING – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) issued a circular advising people not to eat toxic nassarius snails to avoid food poisoning on Monday. CFDA said it is now a peak sales season for edible snails and the administration […]
Beware of new flu strains: Expert
SINGAPORE – The peak flu season is coming up, with the H3N2 virus likely to be the prevalent strain. But experts said there is a need to be prepared for new strains as the flu virus is ever evolving. Professor […]
NTU scientists find rare enzyme in common plant in Singapore
Scientists in Singapore have made a rare discovery in a common local plant whose blue flowers are used for food colouring. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have extracted a type of enzyme called a ligase from the Clitoria ternatea, […]
Tainan researchers unveil ‘smart’ card for blood tests
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A research team at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan unveiled Thursday a pocket-sized blood test card that can identify blood type and finish cross-matching in just minutes. Unlike conventional examinations that require an entire test tube […]
New 15-minute Ebola test kits
An Ebola test that can diagnose the virus in just 15 minutes could soon be shipped out to West Africa, where the disease has killed more than 4,500 people. Current tests can only be conducted in laboratories with specialist equipment, […]
Healthcare professionals in Asia Pacific are now well-equipped to improve patient safety with Honeywell’s New Apple Sled Technology
Singapore – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the new industry leading Captuvo SL22h and SL42h enterprise sleds, which have been specifically designed for the medical industry, are now available to healthcare professionals across Asia Pacific. The new sleds are an […]
Breakthrough seen in dengue treatment
MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Health (DOH) has adopted a two-day regimen that combats dengue, a mosquito-borne disease that has claimed the lives of at least 1,680 people in more than 416,000 cases reported in the Philippines over the past three […]
Keeping Ebola away from Asia: Lessons learnt from Sars
With the Ebola epidemic in West Africa showing no signs of being effectively contained, and the latest news of a health-care worker infected with the Ebola virus in the United States, prospects of the deadly disease hitting Asia can no […]
Ebola death rate surges to 70 percent: WHO
The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday. WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Bruce Aylward gave […]
