Emerging strengths in Asia Pacific bioinformatics

Towards the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network.

A vigorous effort has been undertaken to develop a robust and high speed network in the Asia-Pacific region which satisfies the needs of the scientific community. Consortium for Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) are established in some countries in this region. Our group, along with collaborators in Singapore and Australia, is moving towards the establishment of Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics N...

APBioNet—Transforming Bioinformatics in the Asia-Pacific Region

1 Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, 2 Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 4 School of Science and Technology, Department of Biology ...

Incorporation of Medical Research and Education in Asia Pacific Region

The goal of medicine is to prevent harm as Hippocrates pointed out; “primum non nocere; first do no harm”. Has this fact been taken into account in developing Medical Education curricula in Asia? Frequency of diseases in Asia is different from high income countries (1, 2) and funds for research are lacking.  It is therefore important to allocate available funds to the most applicable issues to...

Determinants Of Financial Integration In The East Asia- Pacific Region

Emerging viral diseases of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific.

Over the past 6 years, a number of zoonotic and vectorborne viral diseases have emerged in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Vectorborne disease agents discussed in this article include Japanese encephalitis, Barmah Forest, Ross River, and Chikungunya viruses. However, most emerging viruses have been zoonotic, with fruit bats, including flying fox species as the probable wildlife hosts, a...