Zhaki Abdullah

20 hours ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – A new drug based on gene-editing technology could soon provide respite to patients suffering from a rare and potentially fatal genetic heart disease. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a rare disease of the heart muscle that involves deformed transthyretin (TTR) proteins building up in the heart, nerves and other organs. As a result of the protein build-up, the walls of the heart become thickened and stiff.

5 days ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – The number of public officers who actively use Pair, a chatbot which assists with research and writing, has doubled from 2024. About 50,000 people – making up a third of all public officers here – now regularly use the artificial intelligence (AI) tool to enhance their productivity, said Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo. She was speaking at the Singapore Computer Society’s Tech Leaders Awards ceremony, held at Shangri-La Singapore on May 9.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – In poorer countries, where access to medical services is scarce, artificial intelligence (AI) tools can stand in as doctors in future. Such tools can even be added to lower-end phones to provide people their medical history and appropriate, up-to-date resources in their own language at low cost, said Gates Foundation chairman Bill Gates on May 6.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

SINGAPORE – As government and private sector funding becomes more unreliable, philanthropic organisations can play a greater role in supporting treatments for diseases such as dengue, experts on a panel discussing how to tackle mosquito-borne diseases have said. Dengue numbers have surged in recent years. In 2024, a record high of more than 13 million cases were reported globally, according to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is more than double the 6.5 million recorded in 2023.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah |Ng Keng Gene |Nadine Chua |Shaffiq Alkhatib

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong led his PAP team to victory in the newly-formed Punggol GRC, beating a team of first-time candidates from the WP with 55.17 per cent of the vote. The WP clinched 44.83 per cent of the vote. Of the votes cast, 63,589 went to PAP, 51,663 went to the WP, and 822 were rejected.