The Value of Medical Innovation
The incidence of breast cancer is growing in Asia and is the most common cancer among women in the region. With medical advancements, the survival rates for breast cancer have improved over time....
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Moving From Pandemic to Endemic: Ensuring Vaccine Access to All
Considering the ongoing pandemic and the current COVID-19 virus strains, the role of vaccines in controlling infectious diseases is unparalleled and critical. Yet, vaccine access and inequity remain...
The Growing Burden of Uncorrected Myopia in Asia
Eye care practitioners (ECPs) must incorporate myopia management into their practice right now to help reduce the burden of sight-threatening conditions in the future. by Hamish Thrum Myopia, or...
Defending the Patient’s Journey in The Face of Ransomware
The healthcare industry has seen a series of cyberattacks and data breaches exacerbated by the global pandemic. How can we ensure that patient data is protected in all forms? by Justin Loh The...
Cutting-Edge Computing Tools are the Future of Genome Sequencing
As the world continues to grapple with the evolving variants of the COVID-19 virus, our ability to identify mutations accurately and speedily to develop the vaccines will determine how long the...
Preparing for Crisis X — Not If but When
COVID-19 has highlighted the urgency for ASEAN leaders to collaborate and strategise viable and sustainable solutions for more resilient healthcare systems to withstand future challenges. It’s not...
Non-biological Estimate of Omicron Incidence
A mathematical method to describe the relative weight of two infections of different transmissibility is presented and applied to discuss the incidence of Omicron and Delta in two case studies (Italy...
Injecting Trust in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain with Technology-led Transparency
With the strong uptake of COVID-19 vaccines this year, there is a need to ensure increased stability, visibility, and transparency across the supply chain to drive resilience in these times. However,...
Understanding the Antigen-Specificity of Host T Cells Is a Game-Changer in Transplantation
A recent study pinpoints the precise molecular targets of organ transplant rejection. This discovery prompted the development of tools to identify and characterise donor-reactive T cells in the...
Navigating Through Current and Future Health Challenges
With 2022 on the horizon, Lu-Ching Lau, Director for External Affairs, Policy and Communications, Singapore and Malaysia, MSD, discusses three key areas where greater cooperation between public and...
The Tricky COVID-19 Contagion – Deaths Comparison: Worldwide and Italy Analysis
A deeper look into Italy’s contagion data with Dr. Galileo Violini. A few days ago, several newspapers registered a declaration of one of the most respected Italian epidemiologists suggesting that...
Adeno-Associated Virus: Next-Generation Drug Delivery for Neurodegenerative Diseases
How can we cure neurodegenerative disorders? In this article, we discuss the latest human gene therapy trials showing that delivering genes using the adeno-associated virus into the brain can...