Medical research

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.

At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study shows

The lead author in a study of former NFL players said that repeated traumatic brain injuries are a known factor in elevated rates of neurodegenerative disease.

Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets US FDA clearance

Swiss drugmaker Roche says the Elecsys pTau217 biomarker blood test is not intended to be used as a stand-alone diagnostic test.

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.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 20, 2026

An electronic display showing the national debt in Washington, DC on Aug 19.

‘Breakthrough’ mRNA cancer drug curbs melanoma in large trial

The treatment works by taking a sample of the patient’s melanoma, identifying its unique mutational signature - or “fingerprint” - then using mRNA technology to fight it.

Harvard to pay $68 million to settle lawsuits over theft of body parts

Harvard University also said it will establish an annual scholarship for medical students in honour of its anatomical donors.

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.

WHO defends immunisation schedules after Trump orders fewer childhood shots

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines.

Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?

Rather than focusing on the number of steps, you might want to consider how hard you walk.

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