Transforming Healthcare With Technology (Vol. 27, No. 02, Full Issue)

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In this issue, APBN looks at the technology that have improved our understanding of the human body and paved the way for future treatments and therapies. First off, we learn about pneumococcal vaccination and how it offers protection against bacterial pneumonia with Dr Chew Huck Chin, respiratory physician and intensivist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. Then, we hear from Yutaka Shimokawa, Founder and CEO of KINS, about how gut microbes can improve women's hormonal health. In Spotlights, we bring you the highlights from the recent Asia Summit on Global Health as well as an interview with Dr Tan Hong Chang, Senior Consultant at the Singapore General Hospital, and Associate Professor Liu Yu-Chi, Clinician Scientist at the Singapore National Eye Centre, on how a cholesterol drug was repurposed as a new treatment for diabetic corneal neuropathy. In Columns, Dr Jane Leong, Vice President, Medical Affairs Asia Pacific for Moderna, shares how recent developments in mRNA technology could change the way we approach cancer other diseases.