31-Oct-17 China plans to build a USD1 billion super-sized DNA sequencing platform in Jiangsu Province aimed at storing genetic information of millions of its ethnic Chinese population, Lan Qing, Deputy Director of the provincial Health and Family Planning Commission said. [image: ET Healthworld]

28-Oct-17 Innovate UK and Shanghai's Science & Technology Department announced they will fund UK and Shanghai companies to work together on innovation, including in healthcare. For example Oxford-based Genefirst and Fosun Med-Tech are developing a non-invasive test for cancer gene mutations. [image: GOV.UK]

17-Oct-17 Alibaba has invested in one of Asia’s top genetic testing startups. Hong Kong based Prenetics, which makes DNA-testing products, has pocketed USD40 mn, from Alibaba and four other investors in its series B funding. [image: luchschen / 123RF]

11-Oct-17 Cancer patients at Parkway Pantai's hospitals in Singapore can now benefit from personalised treatment plans and more accurate diagnostics thanks to cancer genomics testing through Next Generation Sequencing technology, which can retrieve more comprehensive genetic information from tumour tissue. [image: Media OutReach]

05-Oct-17 A Chinese University department head sees opportunity as Hong Kong braces for 30% of its population to be older than 65, saying it should seize opportunities to develop biomedical technology that could boost the economy and provide better healthcare. [image: South China Morning Post]