Chronic Inflammation – Tapping into the Power of Turmeric
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI MILLIONS of people suffer from chronic pain caused by inflammation, while millions more suffer from diseases caused by chronic inflammation, such as cancer and heart disease. Short-term inflammation can protect the body, but chronic inflammation can have serious consequences. Chronic inflammation accompanying ageing is a driver of every health-related disease, […]
Biogenes leads the way in aptamer-based antibodies
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN 2010, when the European Union (EU) passed a directive to eliminate the use of animals in scientific research – aptamers came to the fore to replace animal-derived antibodies that were largely used for developing diagnostic tools. Aptamers are synthetic antibodies produced without harming a single animal. Aptamers can recognise and bind to their target […]
Medhini Group: Pharmaceutical bridge between Malaysia and India
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHIS year marks a very important year for India-Malaysia bilateral relations as it signifies 65 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Medhini Group Sdn Bhd (MG), established in Feb 2020 is proud to represent two major Indian Biotech and Pharmaceutical ecosystem builders in Malaysia and for neighbouring countries. MOU’s were signed in Pune […]
Microbiologist: Viral mutation keeps Covid-19 in circulation
Reading Time: 4 minutesTHE key point which is the most important factor determining whether COVID-19 is here to stay or whether we can eradicate this “virus”, is a mutation, says Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam from Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. “The virus continues to evolve through mutation, evading the immunity built by existing vaccines,” […]
Novel Way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS from the Critical Analytics For Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a new method of detecting adventitious microbial contamination in mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) cultures, ensuring the rapid and accurate testing of cell therapy products (CTP) intended for use in patients. Utilizing machine […]
Look good, feel great
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI MAINTAINING your weight is more than how you look or the number you see on the scale. How you feel, and your overall health is so much more important. Excess body fat is associated with an increased risk of most major chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, […]
How does food affect your brain health?
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI DO YOU KNOW that you can fix your brain to experience the best memory, productivity and sleep you have ever had? My goal here is to share with you the right thing to do. Let’s discover what moves the needle to get you better brain health. Food has a significant […]
Diagnosing HPV via the DNA test
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN & SAARANI VENGADESEN IF THERE is one cancer that can be eliminated completely from the face of the earth, it is cervical cancer. Imagine if 604,237 women globally could have been spared the painful experience of contracting this cancer and 341,843 lives saved. What is probably more painful than the cancer is […]
Sitting is Dangerous
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI ACCORDING to a survey that evaluated sedentary lifestyles, nine out of ten Malaysian spend more than half of their waking hours sitting (at least six hours a day) at their desk. Long, uninterrupted periods of sitting, whether you are sitting at a desk, behind the wheel, or in front of […]
Abuse of antibiotics takes us one big circle to square one
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY SADEQUR RAHMAN The story of the discovery of penicillin is enchanting. An overworked microbiologist goes on holiday, opens plates with bacteria growing on them, a spore (or seed) landing on the plates and then the observation on return from the holiday that the mould growing from the spore could kill bacteria. The purification and […]