Health News - When 11-year old Kristal Yong was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer of the muscle in her right eye in late 2020, her parents said yes to the best available radiation therapy that the doctors proposed. Called interstitial brachytherapy, the treatment allows. Read more at www.tnp.sg
In Singapore, brachytherapy has not been done on the eye before, and she would be the second child to have the treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Plants readily found in Singapore are now being tapped to clean the soil of toxic contaminants, with 12 tropical species identified to take on the job.
A pilot to remove heavy metals and metalloids using more than a hundred tropical plants has begun at industrial land in the north of Singapore.
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SINGAPORE - Scientists from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a reusable mask that is able to kill bacteria droplets within 45 seconds and filter 99.9 per cent of bacteria, viruses and haze particles - better than the medical-grade N95 masks used in hospitals. N95 masks are able to prevent around 95 per cent of aerosolised droplets and particulate.