GigXR partners with NUS Medicine to deliver holographic clinical scenarios for Gastroenterology training

11 Dec 2021

NUS Medicine and Duke-NUS researchers to study immune response of COVID-19 vaccines in children

Led by Asst Prof Elizabeth Tham, researchers from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School are working together to recruit participants for a non-interventional observational study aimed at studying immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines in different groups of children Contact the study team at marvels@nuhs.edu.sg.

08 Dec 2021

NUS Medicine cardiovascular research team develops anticoagulant drugs with high anti-clotting efficacy and minimal bleeding

 A team led by Research Assistant Prof Koh Cho Yeow and Associate Prof Mark Chan from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, as well as Prof R. Manjunatha Kini from the NUS Department of Biological Sciences searched tick saliva for novel anticlotting proteins and then modified the amino acid sequences of these proteins to produce these powerful anticoagulants with high anticlotting efficacy but minimal bleeding.

30 Nov 2021

NUS researchers discover novel mechanisms of memory formation in little-known hippocampal CA2 sub-region

 NUS Medicine PhD student, Amrita Benoy and Associate Professor Sajikumar Sreedharan, from the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Programme, discovered that the CA2 sub-region of the hippocampus is critical in social memory formation, which guides social interactions.

12 Nov 2021

Clinician-scientists develop new glaucoma implant that reduces eye pressure, preserves vision

Led by Prof Paul Chew, a NUHS team developed a new glaucoma implant that reduces patients’ eye pressure for a longer period of time, enables less reliance on eye drops and prevents further progression of the disease that leads to blindness.

03 Nov 2021

NUS researchers discover possible new treatment option for aggressive forms of breast cancer

NUS Medicine researchers discover possible new treatment option for aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of breast cancer in drugs used to treat diabetes.

08 Oct 2021

Singapore research team uses indoor air sampling surveillance to sniff out COVID-19

A team of researchers from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering at NTU Singapore and the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine has developed a capability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA indoors through air sampling.

07 Oct 2021

NUS medical school names new Professorship after distinguished diplomat

The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine today announced the establishment of the new Kishore Mahbubani professorship.

16 Sep 2021

Brain microstructural damage related to cognitive dysfunction and steroid medication in lupus patients

Researchers at NUS Medicine attempted to unravel neural mechanism leading to cognitive dysfunction in SLE patients by adopting non-invasive diffusion MRI to study their brains, particularly the white matter, coupled with computerised neuropsychological assessment.

15 Sep 2021

NUS researchers discover a dependency of glioblastoma on biotin distribution

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine researchers discovered that the FDA-approved anti-fungal drug, sulconazole, exhibits anti-cancer properties towards glioblastoma cells.

21 Aug 2021

New lower back pain physiotherapy programme, brace to stabilise knee osteoarthritis patients sweep top honours at NUS Medical Grand Challenge

For the first time since inception, international teams compete with local students to solve healthcare dilemmas.