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Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

Kok Siong Chen — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:55:38 +0000

When someone develops an infection at a hospital or other patient care facility that they did not have prior to treatment, this is referred to as a Healthcare-Associated (sometimes hospital-acquired) Infection (HAI). Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are a global crisis affecting both patients and healthcare workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at any point in time, 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infections acquired in hospitals. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report published in March-April 2007 estimated the [...]

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I Wish to Become a Medical Researcher… Any Suggestions on Why I Should Be MD, MD/PhD or PhD?

Kok Siong Chen — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:47:53 +0000

Okay.. .my idea is always that before you decide to set yourself on one of these paths do a little clinical shadowing plus some lab research. Some definitions first…. MD: Indicates Doctor of Medicine, a doctor’s education in medicine PhD: Is the highest diploma obtained at a university or college, usually requiring 3 to 5 years of original study in a specific field of study. MD/PhD: refers to an education including both the medical training of a doctor (MD or [...]

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Anti-Cancer Benefits of Lycopene

Kok Siong Chen — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:17:55 +0000

The scientific community and public are growing increasingly aware that daily diet, activities, and personal choices can greatly affect one’s chances for and defense against cancer. The addition of lycopene to one’s diet can help strengthen the body against disease. What Is Lycopene? The scientific community knows it as a carotene; the public knows it as the pigment that makes certain foods, like tomatoes and grapefruits, its red, orange, or yellow pigment. Why Lycopene? Famous for its free radical-scavenging properties, [...]

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Overtesting, Medicare, and Patients with Late-Stage Cancer

Kok Siong Chen — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:16:45 +0000

On Wednesday, October 6th, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study which found an unexpectedly high number of patients with late-stage cancer who continue with annual screenings.

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Interactomics For Cancer Research

Kok Siong Chen — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:09:01 +0000

Interactomics is one of the omics technologies that study the protein-protein interaction or with other molecules in our body. Click for more details.

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Metabolomics For Cancer Research

Kok Siong Chen — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:44:53 +0000

Metabolomics is one of the most useful tools for cancer research. It is a dynamic portrait of the metabolic status of living systems. Click for more.

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Proteomics For Cancer Research

Kok Siong Chen — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:23:47 +0000

Proteomics technology is an approach to understand the expression of the whole set of proteins and its function at cellular level. Click to know more.

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Transcriptomics For Cancer Research

Kok Siong Chen — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:12:21 +0000

Transcriptomics is another omics technology that useful for cancer research. Click in to know more about transcriptomics.

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Epigenomics for Cancer Research

Kok Siong Chen — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:59:37 +0000

Epigenomics is one of the new and powerful omics technologies that can help in cancer research. Click to know more about epigenomics.

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Cancer Research with Genomics

Kok Siong Chen — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:13:55 +0000

Since the launching of Human Genome Project, the omics technologies has started to develop. We are going to look into what is genomics and what it can help in cancer research.

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