Issue 50
May 2024

SCIENCE OF LIFE

A study led by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) discovered that certain breast tumour cells sacrifice their own growth to aid other cells in resisting chemotherapy. These breast cancer cells’ self-sacrificial behaviour was uncovered as a potential cause for relapse.

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A shrinking population is not the only problem that Singapore faces. We are also ageing rapidly. It is a double whammy of a Gordian knot that requires critical, out-of-the-box thinking and truly novel approaches to unravel. While a lot of current preventive health guidelines are based on gender and chronological age, we want to refine current diagnostics and biomarkers to better risk stratify individuals.

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SCIENCE OF LIFE

Shortened Antibiotic Treatment for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in ICU Patients just as Effective as Standard Course

Less is more—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses of antibiotics are as effective as longer prescriptions of the drug to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).

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PEOPLE OF NUS MEDICINE

The Kindest Cut

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PEOPLE OF NUS MEDICINE

The French Connection

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