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Success Stories
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Success Stories
Through the years, NUS has been working closely with its industry
partners either by licensing University-generated technology to them,
or through research collaborations. And more recently, NUS has spun-off
a number of companies utilising NUS technologies. Read more about our
success partnerships.
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When science fiction author
William Gibson introduced
the world to the concept
of cyberspace in his novel
“Neuromancer” in 1984,
readers were intrigued by the
notion of human beings living
immersed in a computergenerated
reality. Today, more
than 20 years later, the notion
of cyberspace and virtual reality
are readily understood and
even embraced by society...
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Industrial crane operators typically
manipulate the independent
motions of trolley, hoisting and
traverse when they are moving
payloads. This, however, can result
in an uncontrolled swaying motion,
which slows down the construction
process because extra time is
required to let the swaying motion
come to a stop. Uncontrolled
swaying is also a safety issue that
can result in serious injury...
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Malaria and dengue fever are
mosquito-borne diseases that affect
millions of people in the tropics,
with malaria killing about three
million people worldwide every
year. Rapid, accurate diagnosis is
paramount for timely treatment or
emergency response/containment
procedures. The standard test for
the malarial Plasmodium parasite
is time-consuming, laborious, and
can produce false negatives. Testing
for dengue fever takes up to eight
days and may also deliver inaccurate
results. However, a Singapore
medical diagnostics company, using
breakthrough molecular technology
from the National University of
Singapore, has developed rapidassay
test kits that detect killer
parasites in a matter of hours...
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Because horseshoe crab blood
immediately clots when it comes
into contact with bacteria, the blood
of this unique animal has been
used for decades by pharmaceutical
companies for testing the purity
of sterilized medical equipment
and human injectable products.
Although this quality assurance
method is effective, it is costly, timeconsuming,
and suffers batch-tobatch
variations in sensitivity, and
could possibly kill the horseshoe
crab, which is now considered an
endangered species in various parts
of the world. Now, however, a
genetic engineering breakthrough at
the National University of Singapore
has cloned the enzyme that clots the
blood of the horseshoe crab...
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A new drug with a novel mechanism of preventing restenosis was discovered by Associate Professor Sim Meng Kwoon of the National University of Singapore’s Pharmacology Department. The drug des-aspartate-angiotensin I (DAA-I) acts on a specific receptor, which is coupled to a specific prostaglandin pathway, to suppress clot formation. In this way, secondary or adverse effects have not been encountered with DAA-I...
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ILO facilitated and managed the agreement
that was signed between the NUS Department of Surgery and Stem
Cell Technologies (i) Pte Ltd to jointly collaborate on research
to find a cure for diabetes through adult stem cells...
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