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Zhaki Abdullah

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Zhaki first joined The Straits Times in 2015, where he was a transport journalist and regular columnist writing about millennial and parenting issues. Following a three-year stint with CNA, Zhaki rejoined ST in 2022 and now covers the health beat, with occasional forays into the environment, science, tech and Muslim affairs sectors.

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TTSH launches new initiative to tackle sepsis and prevent it from becoming deadly

Sepsis is an extreme reaction by the  human body to an infection.
Sepsis is an extreme reaction by the  human body to an infection.

Singapore’s RIE2025 plan saw more business spending, more jobs created in R&D

The report documents Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise efforts and outcomes from April 2021 to March 2026.
The report documents Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise efforts and outcomes from April 2021 to March 2026.

New $300m grant to fund nascent technologies in Singapore under RIE2030

The grant is part of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, which was released in full on Aug 31.
The grant is part of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, which was released in full on Aug 31.

How Singapore turns billion-dollar science research into real-world success

Singapore-trained staff engineer Kyle Chu and chief executive and founder of Quantum Horizon, Dr Joe Fitzsimons, showing the quantum computer they have assembled for US$2.3 million at their Mediapolis office on Dec 3.
Singapore-trained staff engineer Kyle Chu and chief executive and founder of Quantum Horizon, Dr Joe Fitzsimons, showing the quantum computer they have assembled for US$2.3 million at their Mediapolis office on Dec 3.

Former NEA chairman among eight lauded at annual President’s Science and Technology Awards

President’s Science and Technology Medal recipient Lee Chuan Seng (left) and Young Scientist Award recipient Liu Boxiang at the President’s Science and Technology Awards 2026 ceremony on Aug 28.
President’s Science and Technology Medal recipient Lee Chuan Seng (left) and Young Scientist Award recipient Liu Boxiang at the President’s Science and Technology Awards 2026 ceremony on Aug 28.

New platform to create AI agents available to all public healthcare professionals

Cardiologist Kenneth Chew with a clinical assistant tool he developed using AgentSea, an agentic AI platform developed by Synapxe.
Cardiologist Kenneth Chew with a clinical assistant tool he developed using AgentSea, an agentic AI platform developed by Synapxe.

Team of Malay/Muslim office-holders, MPs to be continually renewed and strengthened

Malay/Muslim office-holders and MPs at National Day Parade 2026.
Malay/Muslim office-holders and MPs at National Day Parade 2026.

Work stress led woman to discover genetic condition that looks like heart attack

Cardiologist Tang Hak Chiaw and his patient Christina Chua, who has the genetic heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Cardiologist Tang Hak Chiaw and his patient Christina Chua, who has the genetic heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

NUS researchers find drug that turns off ‘master switch’ in aggressive breast cancer

NUS Centre for Cancer Research assistant professor Alan Prem Kumar (centre, foreground) with researchers (background, from left) Cai Wanpei, Lam Hiu Yan and Xianning Lai, who found that a targeted drug that can block a ‘master switch’ that drives tumour growth in triple negative breast cancer.
NUS Centre for Cancer Research assistant professor Alan Prem Kumar (centre, foreground) with researchers (background, from left) Cai Wanpei, Lam Hiu Yan and Xianning Lai, who found that a targeted drug that can block a ‘master switch’ that drives tumour growth in triple negative breast cancer.

Research integrating Western medicine and TCM gets boost under new collaboration

(From left) Stephen Riady, OUE executive chairman and group chief executive officer; Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Health and Digital Development and Information; and Ho Teck Hua, NTU president, at the launch of the Stephen Riady Professorship in Healthcare and Technology, on Aug 17.
(From left) Stephen Riady, OUE executive chairman and group chief executive officer; Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Health and Digital Development and Information; and Ho Teck Hua, NTU president, at the launch of the Stephen Riady Professorship in Healthcare and Technology, on Aug 17.

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