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Medical research

Scientists discover potential vaccine for malaria

Scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have discovered a key process during the invasion of the blood cell by the Malaria parasite, and more importantly, found a way to block this invasion.

Oncology & Cancer

Knocking out deadly brain cancer with a dual therapy

Glioblastoma is an often fatal form of brain cancer, with only 5% of patients surviving beyond five years. The cancer is difficult to treat and almost always becomes resistant to treatment. As a result, recurrence of glioblastoma ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Parenting by lying linked to more lie-telling in children

While instrumental lies—a type of parental lie told to encourage behavioral changes—may lead to behavioral compliance, a new study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) suggests that children ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How three infectious disease agents evade the immune system

COVID-19 cast a glaring spotlight on the devastating impact that infectious diseases can have on human health and society. At the height of the global pandemic, most of the world came to a standstill, and millions of lives ...

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