Press Releases

19 Nov 2024

Singapore launches world’s first advanced degrees in sustainable healthcare for low-carbon healthcare future

Established by the Centre for Sustainable Medicine at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, the world’s first Master’s programme in sustainable healthcare will address critical climate challenges, alongside a new Executive Fellowship for senior professionals. Applications are open today for the first batch of intake, set to begin in August 2025.

18 Nov 2024

NUS Medicine launches VK Rajah Professorship in Medical Ethics

Professorship honours former Attorney-General and Judge of Appeal

11 Nov 2024

Scientists use microcellular drones to deliver lung cancer killing drugs

In a study led by researchers at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, extracellular vesicles (EVs) loaded with customisable anti-cancer antisense oligonucleotides suppressed cancer growth

25 Oct 2024

NUS study: Breastfeeding lowers cardiovascular risk in women with type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes; lower gestational diabetes risk with healthy Mediterranean diet with low POP exposure

The Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health and Université Paris Cite are collaborating on initiatives based on modifiable risk factors such as nutrition, lifestyle and behaviours to influence women’s health outcomes across their life course and beyond.

10 Oct 2024

Checking out the Boundaries: Milestone in Lipidomics Achieved

Results of the first phase of a Ceramide Ring Trial have just been published in the renowned journal Nature Communications, representing a significant landmark in the field of lipidomics.

09 Oct 2024

Novel gene therapy offers hope for epilepsy patients

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) are working on a therapy that holds potential in treating patients with epilepsy, a neurological disorder defined by recurring seizures due to abnormal brain activity.

07 Oct 2024

Singapore families show high resilience during pandemic

NUS study demonstrates that families with mothers exhibiting self-efficacy, lower work-life conflict, coupled with quality family time, better neighbourhood, greater government and community support, are more resilient.

05 Oct 2024

Promising cell therapy offers hope for relapsed or refractory T-cell leukaemia

Fratricide-resistant CD7 CAR-T therapy by NUS proves effective in treating relapsed or refractory T-cell leukaemia

04 Oct 2024

Agilent and National University of Singapore Launch Center of Excellence in Cell Metabolism to Improve Population Health

Center will enable targeted and untargeted metabolic profiling for population-based large-scale cohorts across translational research

18 Sep 2024

NUS Medicine Researchers Develop Breakthrough Nanoparticle Technology for Targeted Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is the build-up of plaque in the arteries which causes their narrowing. It is a primary cause of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and ischemic stroke (IS), both of which are major contributors to the 17.9 million deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases each year globally.