The study from India shows why it would be beneficial to develop dengue vaccines locally to counter regional strains.
Public health leader Associate Professor Ng Lee-Ching explains how Singapore’s Project Wolbachia is helping stem rising dengue cases—by using the very same species responsible.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2022/07/features/asias-changemakers-ng-lee-ching/
Across Asia, scientists are uncovering the paths walked by ancient animals and looking for new ways to tackle dengue and climate change.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2021/07/features/asian-scientist-magazines-june-2021-roundup/
Scientists have shown that infecting mosquitoes with Wolbachia bacteria prevents them from carrying dengue and lowers disease incidence by 77 percent.
From ancient Indonesian caves to the unexplored Martian terrain, Asia’s scientists are making discoveries with vast implications for our world and beyond.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2021/06/topnews/asian-scientist-magazine-may-2021-roundup/
COVID-19 lockdown measures decreased the rate of dengue among migrant workers but raised it in Singapore’s general population.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2021/05/in-the-lab/dengue-covid-19-singapore/
Dengue virus becoming resistant to vaccines and therapeutics due to mutations in specific protein, study shows.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/10/in-the-lab/dengue-virus-surface-structure-vaccines/
Antibodies against the dengue virus can promote the transmission of the Zika virus from mother to fetus, resulting in more severe brain damage, say researchers in Singapore.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/03/in-the-lab/zika-dengue-fcrn-brain-damage-microcephaly/
The interaction between two types of immune cells—mast cells and γδ T cells—is necessary for fighting dengue infection, say researchers from Singapore.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2019/02/in-the-lab/immune-synapse-dengue-virus/
In the wake of political turmoil and widespread misinformation around Dengvaxia in the Philippines, public confidence in vaccines has plummeted sharply, says a new study. What can be done to hold...
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/12/columns/vaccines-science-politics-dengvaxia/
For Professor Jenny Su, president of Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University, universities have a social responsibility to respond to national and global crises.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/05/features/asias-scientific-trailblazers-jenny-su/
Public trust, a romantic lab and how vitamin C could help treat multiple sclerosis were among the hottest topics in March.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/04/topnews/7-must-read-stories-march-2018/
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has entered into a multi-year partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board to support the recruitment and training of local talent for vaccine process optimiza...
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/03/pharma/takeda-vaccine-optimization-coe/
Researchers have used demographic, weather and dengue incidence data to develop models for predicting dengue hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Thailand.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/03/health/thailand-dengue-fever-forecast/
Genetics makes Asians susceptible to dengue shock syndrome, according to a study by an international team of scientists.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2018/02/health/asian-susceptible-dengue-shock/
Scientists in Australia and China have identified an antibody protects against all four types of dengue viruses.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/12/in-the-lab/dengue-virus-antibody-structure/
New findings indicate that vaccination could lead to more severe disease in people who have never had a prior dengue infection.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/12/topnews/philippines-dengue-vaccine-program/
A team of researchers in China report that at periods of prolonged high temperatures favor the growth and spread of the dengue virus.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/12/in-the-lab/dengue-mosquitoes-virus-temperature/
Examining data from Asia over 59 years beginning in 1956, scientists in China show that air traffic is associated with the spread of the dengue virus across Asia.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/08/in-the-lab/dengue-virus-air-travel/
A DNA-based vaccine against dengue, which would not require cold chain transport, has been shown to protect mice against two out of the four strains of dengue virus.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/07/in-the-lab/dengue-mosquito-dna-vaccine/
Climate change, solar energy and disease were key issues in the month of June.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/07/topnews/top-stories-june/
In a study conducted on more than 3,000 Indonesian children from ages one to 18, nearly 70 percent tested positive for dengue antibodies, an indication that they have been infected before.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/06/health/indonesia-dengue-urban-pediatrics/
An ‘old’ cancer detection technology is now being explored as a dengue detection tool in humans.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/06/in-the-lab/dengue-virus-non-invasive-detection/
Therapeutic antibodies offer promising new options for treating infectious diseases, including dengue, writes immunologist Dr Katja Fink.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/06/features/anti-dengue-antibodies/
In a new study from Vietnam, daily platelet counts helped to identify patients who went on to develop dengue shock syndrome, a potentially lethal complication of dengue infection.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/05/health/vietnam-dengue-shock-syndrome/
The change in temperature when dengue viruses enter a human from a mosquito host cause structural changes that expose weak spots.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/04/in-the-lab/dengue-virus-expansion-human/
Takeda's dengue vaccine has proven to be safe and able to produce an antibody response against all four serotypes of dengue in an interim analysis of their ongoing Phase 2 trial.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/04/pharma/takeda-dengue-vaccine-trial-asia/
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund has awarded a US$5.3 million grant to help develop an antibody that can neutralize all four dengue serotypes.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/04/pharma/astar-chugai-dengue-virus-antibody/
These seven women have all overcome the odds to become leaders in their own fields.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/03/topnews/7-inspiring-scientists-happen-women/
India joins Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Colombia to become the sixth country in the Eliminate Dengue Program using the Wolbachia method.
https://www.asianscientist.com/2017/02/health/india-eliminate-dengue-wolbachia/