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Volume 3 • Number 4 (Infectious Diseases)
Contents
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Schools Section
- Singapore’s Relentless War Against Infectious Diseases
Researchers rise to the challenge of developing diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics against infectious diseases
- SARS Special
Singapore Joins the SARS War — Scientists and clinicians pool their expertise and resources to fight SARS
- A Defensive Approach to Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
Singapore’s defence institute works to enhance the speed and sensitivity of diagnostics for various infectious diseases of national interest
- Busting Drug-Resistant Bugs
Advances and measures to knock out resistant pathogens
- Flushing out Hidden TB Bugs
Singapore researchers pursue drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria, which kill two billion people worldwide.
- Toxins as Educational Agents
By studying the specific actions of deadly toxins, scientists may acquire knowledge that saves lives.
- Blocking Fungal Proliferation in the Body
One way to arrest candidiasis, an infection deadly to AIDS patients, is to knock out the fungus’ iron-grabbing gene.
- The Inside Story of the Malaria Parasite
Unravelling the mysteries of the malariacausing parasite within the cell may lead to the discovery of the elusive ultimate vaccine.
- Sleeping with the Enemy: Understanding Sleeping Sickness and Malaria
Biologists identify the genes that allow the parasites responsible for sleeping sickness and malaria to evade the host immune system.
- Bioinformatics Speeds up Search for Cures
Researchers teach computers to do largescale immunology, which is emerging as the next wave in a traditional field.
- Developing Vaccines Against Viruses
Johns Hopkins looks for ways to develop vaccines that will target infectious diseases endemic to Southeast Asia.
- Combating Singapore’s Dengue Resurgence
Public health research in Singapore could counter the re-emergence of dengue, which has affected thousands of young adults
- Tracking West Nile Virus Replication
- Ticking Time Bombs in the Body: Cancer-Causing Viruses
A microbiologist who has found a receptor presenting a viral peptide probably responsible for activating nasopharyngeal carcinoma is using the knowledge to design a detection test.
- Lilly-NUS Centre Tests Hepatitis B Drug
Clinical trials in Singapore have produced encouraging results on a promising hepatitis B drug.
- Clinical Trials: The Key to Safe Drugs
- Drug Discovery the Natural Way
More than half of today’s approved drugs are either natural products or substances related to them.
- The Pharmaceutical Industry in Singapore
Features
- New Hope for a Very Personal Matter
Current advances in erectile dysfunction research
- Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering
Harnessing the regenerative power innate in cells to replace tissues and organs.
- Nano-Wafer-Level Packaging to Revolutionise Semiconductors
Singapore may well be the seedbed for a new generation of chips produced with nanopackaging in wafer fabrication
- DARPA Expert Looks Beyond MEMS
A former DARPA programme manager shares intelligence on cutting-edge research in the defence arena.
Departments
- Editorial
Battling infectious diseases on multiple fronts.
- In Brief
Innovation highlights in various fields.
- Industry Updates
Significant industry developments worldwide.
- Viewpoint
A psychologist looks at some of the measures Singapore adopted in its fight against SARS that can help the nation maintain its preparedness for possible subsequent outbreaks.
- Spotlight
Sir Paul Nurse, 2001 Nobel laureate in medicine, talks about the potential rewards of working in basic research
- Calendar
- Advertiser
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