Press Releases

14 Aug 2018

Key to artery health lies in LYVE-1 Macrophage

A team of NUS Medicine researchers led by Associate Professor Veronique Angeli has identified a population of cells called macrophages that coat the outer walls of healthy arteries and express a protein called LYVE-1. The researchers found that when these cells were absent, arteries accumulate collagen and lose their elasticity, becoming stiff and inflexible.

29 Jul 2018

Statement on the passing of Emeritus Professor K. Shanmugaratnam

We mourn the passing of Emeritus Professor K. Shanmugaratnam. He was a dedicated academic clinician who drove himself to excel and in so doing, set the benchmark for the teaching and practice of Pathology at the University and in Singapore.

26 Jul 2018

Pathology teaching goes digital

Today, the learning of pathology has been enhanced and aided through technology, thanks to the efforts of Associate Professor Nga Min En and colleagues at the Department of Pathology. Painstakingly, one specimen at a time, the team has rendered more than 700 specimens in digital format and made more than 250 of these specimens available online for medical students.

29 Jun 2018

New hope for lung cancer patients

Scientists at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI), National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a new pathway in cells that could explain how lung cancers develop resistance to treatment.

02 Jun 2018

Looking through the silver mirror

A group of NUS students produced a book titled 'Looking through the silver mirror', detailing 20 seniors' life stories and experiences navigating Singapore's healthcare system.

31 May 2018

A whole new way of seeing the human body

The Centre for Healthcare Simulation (CHS) at NUS Medicine recently launched the Virtual Interactive Human Anatomy (VIHA) to enhance the teaching and learning of human anatomy.

22 May 2018

NUS scientists discover a new way to control blood pressure

Researchers Professor Soong Tuck Wah and Dr Hu Zhenyu from NUS Medicine’s Department of Physiology have found a new way to lower blood pressure through a key protein in our body. This takes medical science a step closer toward fighting cardiovascular disorders.

25 Apr 2018

New dean appointed for NUS medical school

The National University of Singapore today announced the appointment of fetal growth and early development clinician-researcher Associate Professor Chong Yap Seng as the 17th Dean of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine from 1 January 2019. He succeeds Associate Professor Yeoh Khay Guan, who has led the School since 2011.

28 Mar 2018

NUS scientists crack mystery of flu transmission

A multidisciplinary research team showed that flu viruses can hijack a unique class of proteins which are part of the body’s (host) respiratory cellular machinery. Using the protein called CD151, the viruses clone and multiply before invading and colonising new victims. Along the way, they promote their own survival and multiply further in the bodies of infected individuals. This finding paves the way for new and more effective flu medicines.

28 Feb 2018

Scientists grow liver cancer cells in lab

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from NUS Departments of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, A*STAR and the National Cancer Centre Singapore has devised a new method to grow patient-derived xenografts (PDX) liver cancer cells, setting the stage for more effective drug development for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) patients.