Review Article
Germline Genetic Testing to Predict Drug Response and Toxicity in Oncology— Reality or Fiction?
There is an increasing interest in personalised medicine, perhaps none greater than in the field of oncology. The idea of making therapeutic decisions based...
Engineering a Trans-Tibial Prosthetic Socket for the Lower Limb Amputee
Amputation of the lower extremities continues to be a major problem due to vascular-related diseases e.g. diabetes. It is also a prevalent occurrence in...
Interface Tissue Engineering: Next Phase in Musculoskeletal Tissue Repair
As in all developed societies, Singapore has a significant ageing population (about 20% of its population being over the age of 55 years) which...
Orthopaedic Implant Technology: Biomaterials from Past to Future
The orthopaedic implant sector forms a significant portion of the worldwide biomedical industry. In the US alone, the orthopaedic implant market was estimated at...
Current Technology in Navigation and Robotics for Liver Tumours Ablation
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and the liver is the most common site of metastatic disease for intra-abdominal malignancies. Surgical...
Enhancement of a Master-Slave Robotic System for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
Minimally invasive surgery has been widely accepted clinically and developed rapidly in the past decades. It has become the method of choice in many...
Biomimetic Nanostructured Materials — Potential Regulators for Osteogenesis?
Bone is the second most common transplantation tissue after blood. Globally, at least 2.2 million of bone grafting procedures are performed annually and approximately...
Managing a Case of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Singapore
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is defined as TB which is resistant not only to the 2 best first-line anti-TB medications, rifampicin and isoniazid (known...
American Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Fellowship Programmes
American diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship programmes are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) with specific programme requirements written by...
What Skills are Tested in the New PACES Examination?
Despite the continuing emergence of sophisticated technology to aid diagnosis, many experienced clinicians continue to believe that bedside clinical skills relating to communication and...