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...that was used in the STPI's establishment in 2002. When the sale of a collection of 1,200 original works belonging to Kenneth Tyler was announced roughly a decade ago, doyens of the Singapore art scene - including the late arts educator Brother Joseph McNally and prominent architect Liu Thai Ker - saw an artistic and commercial opportunity for the city state. They put forward a proposal that the government not only acquire Tyler's works and machinery but also establish a world-beating institute under the guidance of the man many believe to be the greatest printer alive. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prints Charming | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Shabu Square, a hotpot restaurant on the corner of Eliot and Winthrop Streets that closed its doors after less than a year in operation, will be replaced by Conga, a Latin American tapas restaurant in the coming months. Panja S. Lymswam, the owner of Shabu and two other Thai restaurants in the Square—Spice and 9 Tastes—appeared before the License Commission in August to request the change...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tavern to Open in Former Z Square | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...million, six-year trial, which involved more than 16,000 people in Thailand - the largest AIDS-vaccine trial ever conducted - found that an experimental vaccine was 31% effective in preventing HIV infection. The volunteer group in the study was representative of the general Thai adult population, including low-risk, heterosexual adults. Calling the results of the trial a "significant scientific advance," officials at the World Health Organization said the results reinvigorated the stalled quest for a vaccine against AIDS, which is estimated to kill some 2 million people globally each year. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS-Vaccine Trial Raises Hopes — and Questions | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...efficacy in a human trial of any HIV vaccine. That's an exciting result in a field that has been characterized by disappointments for two decades," says Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which provided major funding and other support for the Thai trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS-Vaccine Trial Raises Hopes — and Questions | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...series of high-profile failures in the past 20 years - in 2007, for example, two international trials of a promising Merck vaccine in about 4,000 people were stopped early, and later analysis suggested that the vaccine may have increased people's risk of infection - the results of the Thai trial are a turning point. "In terms of where the vaccine world was even a few weeks ago, this is huge news and a proof of concept, finally, that vaccines can work," says Fakoya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS-Vaccine Trial Raises Hopes — and Questions | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

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