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Development of Method in Screening Individual with Lynch Syndrome
By: Ryia Illani Mohd Yunos (ryia.yunos@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Introduction Colorectal cancer is generally classified into two main categories – sporadic and familial. About 5 to 10% of …
Exploring the Long Non-Coding RNA, LOC285629 in Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines
By: Siti Nurmi Nasir, Science Officer C41 (ctnurminasir@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common type of cancer in the world. Despite its commonness, the …
Use of Different Formulations and Adjuvants to Optimize Liposomal Influenza M2e Vaccine Against Influenza A
By: Amalia Afzan Saperi, Young Research Fellow (amaliaafzan@gmail.com) Introduction: The CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) have identified influenza A as a likely virus to …
Gene Expression in T Regulatory Cells and the Molecular Pathways Involved in Colorectal Cancer Development.
By : Nor Adzimah Johdi (adzimah@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Regulatory T cells (Treg), a subset of CD4+ T cells, play a pivotal role in regulating the immune homeostasis. …
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Data: Why Should You Use It and How?
By: Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib (syakima@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) TCGA is a public funded project that aims to catalogue and discover genomic alterations in cancer to create a comprehensive …
Persistent Infections of Staphylococcus Aureus: The Small Colony Variant (SCV) and Its Virulence in the Caenorhabditis Elegans Infection Model
By: Hui-min Neoh One of the strategies used by the gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus to resist antibiotics is by the formation of small colony …
Award Received by Our Master’s Student Azliana
Master’s Student Name: Azliana binti Mohamad Yusof Name of Award: Best Poster Presenter Name of the Conference: International Postgraduate Research Awards Seminar (InPRAS2016). (7-8 March …
5 Reasons Why Change Efforts Fail
The Harvard Business Review puts the success rate of organizational change at a mere 20%. There are many reasons for this huge failure rate and …
UMBI is Celebrating DNA Day
25th April marks the World DNA Day which aims to commemorate the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953 and the successful completion of the …