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Gut Bacteria & Your Waistline

As expanding waistlines continue to threaten Asia, Ivan Seah examines a surprising link between obesity and the bacteria that inhabit our gut.

Intestine Bugs Could Be Key To Obesity-Cancer Link

New research shows that obesity is linked to an increase in the production of DNA-damaging acid that causes liver inflammation and cancer.

Discovery Of Novel Fusion Gene: Hope For Targeted Treatment Of Lung Cancer?

Four research groups, including three based in Asia, have independently identified a novel fusion gene found in a subpopulation of lung tumors.