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Gamified fitness for healthy living

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Yeo Joo Chuan, PhD; Wee Seng Kwee, PT, PhD
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2021 Sedentary lifestyle is the major risk factor…

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Targeting SPTLC3-generated d16:1 sphingolipids for healthspan extension

Ong Wei Yi, BDS, PhD; Chester Drum, MD; Deron Herr, PhD Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore Age is the single most important factor that predicts risk of death due to diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. However, current medical approaches are designed to…

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Development of miobiotics to maintain healthy ageing gut microbiota

Guan Shou Ping, PhD;  Brian Kennedy, PhD Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore The human gut consists of both good bacteria that provide nutrients from indigestible sources and bad bacteria, which could lead to inflammatory and various disease states. The number of bad bacteria, however,…

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Enhancing cognitive reserve in the community: Exploring the effects of Sensory Environment and Playfulness on Depression and Cognition (SEPDC) among older adults

Zdravko Trivic, PhD; Daniel R. Y. GAN, PhD; Habib Chaudhury, PhD; Patrick Dillon, PhD; Tam Elisabeth Perry, PhD

Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore In view of sensory and cognitive declines that advance with ageing, this interdisciplinary study aims to explore effects of Sensory Environment…

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Identification of microRNA biomarkers in women predictive of reproductive senescence and longevity

Huang Zhongwei MBBS, PhD; Cheong Jit Kong, PhD
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore Infertility affects ~15% of Singapore’s population. The number of couples in Singapore seeking assisted reproductive technology (ART) to help them conceive more than doubled from 2005-2013. With the median age at…

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Early risk detection of mental deterioration by a smartphone-based auditory screening

Mauricio Cerda Villablanca, PhD; Paul Delano, PhD; Victor Castañeda, PhD; Manuel Duran; Alexis Leiva Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile The population’s average age is becoming older in most developed and developing countries worldwide. The current global challenge is how to keep this aging population in…

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A lifetime home: an intergenerational accessible social housing model

Mariela Gaete-Reyes, PhD; Paulina Osorio Parraguez, PhD; Gabriel Felmer Plominsky, PhD; Javiera Acevedo López, MSc, Paul Honeyman Toro, BArch Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Older people from lower-income backgrounds in Chile frequently live in social housing. Usually, inadequate housing conditions hinder their mobility and activities…

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Oral Precision Medicine – Rapid and painless treatment of periodontal disease using a bacteriophage spray

Ping-Ching Wu, PhD; Chun-Chan Ting, PhD; Cheng-Hung Luo, PhD; Pei-Yu Tu, PhD Competition Sponsor: Academia Sinica In 2019, WHO has classified periodontal disease as a global chronic disease, and the increasing risk by oral pathogens strongly impacts aging health issue. This project plans to establish a non-invasive, precise, painless and…

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Noninvasive magnetic damping method to image the electrical conductivity of the internal organs

Tzu-Chieh Chou, PhD; Kevin Tze-Hsiang Chen, PhD Competition Sponsor: Academia Sinica The project aims to augment ultrasound scanners with a new imaging method to differentiate biological tissues based on their electromagnetic properties. For example, the augmented scanner can generate a heat map of electrical conductivity inside the abdominal cavity where…

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Population-wide preventative treatment of aging-associated cognitive impairment via adjustment of movie and TV shows frame and refresh rates

Ted Weita Lai, BSc, PhD; Hilary Chen, BPH; Ya Lan Yang, BSc;  Meng-Chih Wu, MSc; Eric Yuhsiang Wang Competition Sponsor: Academia Sinica Chronic repeated visualization of a LED light that flickers at a frequency of ~40Hz (known as GENUS: gamma entrainment using sensory stimulus) is recently found to reduce beta-amyloid…

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