Issue 56
Nov 2025
Digital technologies and AI are contributing immensely to advances in the study and practice of Medicine in ways unimaginable 120 years ago, when this School was founded. While medical science has progressed, the famed Canadian physician William Osler’s observation remains the lodestar of the medical profession: To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.
SCIENCE OF LIFE
It’s In the Blood: NUS Medicine Study Finds Proteins which Indicate Future Cognitive Decline
In a study that holds significance for individuals with cerebrovascular disease, scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have found proteins in the blood that predict future cognitive decline and dementia. The study is the first of its kind in Singapore and involved detailed proteomic profiling of local patients. The findings point to a powerful new method for early diagnosis through blood-based biomarkers combined with clinical assessments.
