Singapore launched a new cancer research center on Wednesday, aiming to take an integrated approach to studying cancers endemic to Asian populations.
The Cancer Research Center of Excellence (CRCE), hosted at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will focus on cancers that afflict Asian populations, such as gastric, colorectal and breast cancers as well as leukemia.
The new center is one of three such centers approved for funding by the National Research Foundation and Education Ministry. It will be funded by authorities to the tune of 172 million Singapore dollars (117 million U.S. dollars) over the next seven years.
The center currently has 125 researchers and plans are to increase that number to 250, and it expects to train 100 graduates in its first five years. |
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