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AUSTRALIA • Diabetes drug may reduce heart attack risk • E. coli jabs toxin into gut cells • Survival of wildlife species depends on its neighbor's genes
INDONESIA • Indonesia sets a carbon time-bomb
SINGAPORE • New 3D hair follicle model to accelerate cure for baldness • Patient, heal thyself: Solution to personalized treatment for chronic infections could lie In the patient's own blood • NTU and A*STAR scientists create super biomaterials from squids, mussels and sea snails
UNITED STATES • Drug erases brain tumor in mice • To treat obesity, consider 100 trillion gut bugs • How having worms could ward off diabetes • Heartbeat protects medical implants from hackers • Team uncovers HIV's secret survival trick • TB genomes yield insights on drug resistance
AFRICA • Meningitis vaccine cuts cases by 94 per cent in Chad
LATIN AMERICA • Online guides help poor labs build their own equipment
EYE ON CHINA • Agilent Technologies recognized by Frost & Sullivan as 2013 Laboratory Analytical Instrumentation Company of the Year in China • Verisante Technology, Inc. announces study on nasopharnygeal cancer in China • ICON signs collaboration agreement with the Taiwan National Centre of Excellence for clinical trials and research • MicuRx completes $25 million Series B financing • Connecticut's CURE network welcomes HLK, its first Chinese member company • 2013 BIO Convention in China to connect biotech industry to the world's 2nd largest biopharmaceutical market • Partner State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology opened at HKU • Amgen and ShanghaiTech University announce plans for Amgen China R&D center to open on ShanghaiTech campus • CANbridge Life Sciences enters into agreement with Azaya Therapeutics to develop ATI-1123 for lung cancer in China and North Asia
FEATURES • Nanject: Drug Delivery Cancer Cells Detection • Potential Thrills and Perils of Synthetic Biology • A Novel Technology to Protect from Airborne Viruses • Creating A New, Safer Generation of Hyaluronic Acid for Pharmaceutical Applications • The Benefits of Refractive Index Detection for UHPLC
PEOPLE WATCH • Commited To Asia
REVIEW • CMT's 2nd Palm Oil Africa Explores If Africa is Ready to Emerge as the Next Palm Oil Hub • CMT's 6th Algae World Asia Resumes in Bangkok This October to Showcase New Vistas
INSIDE INDUSTRY • Cochlear implant creator honoured with top US prize • Argentina extends its tech transfer ties with Africa • Latin American link-up aims for US$1 syphilis test • A*STAR, NSC, NTU collaborate to advance skin research • Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award supports Institut Curie, Dr. Emmanuel Barillot's web-based tools for cancer and drug-safety research • Agilent Technologies and Temasek Polytechnic open analytical sciences laboratory
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