Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers uncover brain pathway linked to impulsive behaviours
Researchers from Singapore and South Korea have uncovered new details of a brain pathway that can cause impulsive behaviours.
Jan 25, 2019
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Cardiology
System to deliver electrically activated glue for sealing defects in broken blood vessels
A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a device that offers a quicker and less invasive way to seal tears and holes in blood vessels, using an electrically-activated ...
May 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Only 1 in 10 suicide prevention apps cover all the recommended strategies, study finds
Most (93 percent) mobile apps for suicide prevention and depression management do not provide all the six suicide prevention strategies that are commonly recommended in international clinical guidelines, a study led by Nanyang ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Individuals show less trust in AI-suggested interventions, are more open to same suggestions from human health experts
Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that individuals show less trust in preventive care interventions suggested by artificial intelligence (AI) than when the same interventions ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
New therapy device enables stroke victims to recover further
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new stroke rehabilitation device which greatly improves recovery in stroke patients.
Apr 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists develop diagnostic test that can detect the virus that causes COVID-19 even when it mutates
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a diagnostic test that can detect the virus that causes COVID-19 even after it has gone through mutations.
Mar 29, 2021
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Other
Singapore expertise pioneers quick and scarless surgery
Patients with gastric tumours in their stomach will no longer have to suffer an eight-hour long surgery, but instead can look forward to a short day surgery which last a few minutes to an hour without the need for hospitalisation.
Jul 5, 2011
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Medications
Singapore start-up plans clinical trial of a single daily pill for Parkinson's disease
Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the stomach as a drug reservoir and delivers medicines slowly over time to patients with Parkinson's ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Surgery
Robot therapist hits the spot with athletes
Trials of a prototype robot for sports therapy have just begun in Singapore, to create a high quality and repeatable treatment routine to improve sports recovery, reducing reliance on trained therapists.
Jul 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers locate two compounds in blood that could identify patients at risk of severe dengue
Scientists and clinicians at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) have identified two compounds—sST2 and suPAR—in the blood of dengue patients ...
Dec 18, 2023
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