Singapore team develops online atlas of human immunome for precision medicine

Singapore, 10 June 2020 – Scientists from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) have developed an interactive web-based atlas of the human immunome, or genes and proteins that make up the immune system. Known as EPIC (Extended Polydimensional Immunome Characterisation), the atlas hosts a comprehensive, expanding immune cell database ranging from cord blood to…

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UTokyo joins COVID-19 data exchange

The Data Co-creation Working Group at the University of Tokyo has joined the COVID-19 Data Exchange pro bono initiative launched by leading data exchange technology firm Dawex. The aim is to provide researchers and public or private organizations who tackle COVID-19 and its consequences with a free, intuitive, globally connected information system to share and…

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Noise disturbs the brain’s compass

Our sense of direction tends to decline with age. In the scientific journal “Nature Communications“, researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and experts from the USA report on new insights into the causes of this phenomenon. According to their findings, the main source of errors in determining spatial position and apparently the…

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Potential high-risk clones identified among S. maltophilia strains in European hospitals

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are increasingly recognized as significant opportunistic pathogens in healthcare settings worldwide, the global spread of multidrug-resistant strains of this species being the most serious concern. Epidemiological studies are important to identify particular lineages or strains exhibiting clinically relevant phenotypes and to make knowledge-driven healthcare decisions. In this context, researchers from the Bacterial Pathogenesis…

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Ebola transmission risks would be taken more seriously with ground-up interventions

A study led by the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found significant differences in disease risk perception and channels of information about Ebola virus disease (EVD) in rural areas and urban centres of Guinea, West Africa. Findings were established after researchers investigated residents’ opinions of the wildlife potentially posing…

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