Life Sciences
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Pigs as Models in Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases
Despite great advances in biomedical research technologies, the use of animals cannot be replaced by modern techniques and animal systems still have an important ... -
Were Dinosaurs Nurturing Parents?
Dinosaur, a word that means ‘Terrible Lizard’, last walked the Earth 65 million years ago. When speaking of dinosaurs, the first image that comes ... -
MDIS School of Life Sciences Immersion Programme
MDIS School of Life Sciences (SLS) conducted the immersion programme for students from Korea Bio Meister High School. This would be the second consecutive ... -
Emerging technology enables risk-free assessment of genetic health of growing baby
Pregnancy is a pleasant journey and wonderful experience especially for first time parents-to-be. Regular visits to the obstetrics clinic is important to monitor the ... -
Official Launch: Aquaculture Innovation Centre and tour of facilities
The Aquaculture Innovation Centre (AIC) was officially launched on Wednesday 26 June 2019 by Dr Koh Poh Koon. Situated on the premises of Temasek ... -
Candida auris, drug resistance, and another reason to wash your hands
So you might have heard the two paired terms ‘drug resistant’ and ‘Candida auris’ floating around in the news or on the internet, on ... -
Water Quality and Aquatic Toxicity of Costal Species in Singapore
Student activity and student engagement: Evaluation of water quality and aquatic toxicity of costal species in Singapore By Dr Rajarshi Sankar Ray, Senior Lecturer, ... -
Emergence of superbugs, are we facing an antibiotics apocalypse?
“Antibiotic resistance is growing and we are running out of treatment options. If we leave it to market forces alone, the new antibiotics we ... -
Nature sightings in MDIS – The oriental pied hornbills
“Hey, there’s a big bird on the tree!” – I heard a student cry out to her friend as I was walking past block ... -
Human mini-brains and why developmental biology is interesting
In the latest issue of Nature Biotechnology published on 16 April 2018, neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, ...
