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Gynaecologic oncology--the next lap.

Senior Consultant Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Singapore General Hospital Address for Correspondence: Dr S K Tay, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital, 1 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169608. Cancer of the pelvic reproductive organs and external genitalia accounts for one in six cancers in women. It can occur in women of all age groups: rhabdomyosarcoma i...

Cardiovascular medicine and surgery in Singapore: the next lap.

Another LAP in the race.

The unique promise of latency-associated peptide resides in its selective presence on regulatory T cells (Treg) in the activated setting after patients are treated with immunomodulators such as anti-CTLA-4. The improved ability to track, scrutinize, and potentially target Tregs in this manipulated environment will be increasingly critical in developing immune-based therapies for patients with c...

A Polynomial Bound for the Lap Number

In this note, we show a polynomial bound for the growth of the lap number of a piecewise monotone and piecewise continuous interval map with nitely many periodic points. We use Milnor and Thurston's kneading theory with the coordinates of Baladi and Ruelle, which are useful for extending the theory to the non continuous case. We say that f : 0; 1] ! 0; 1] is piecewise strictly monotone piecewis...

Are Stem Cells the next Therapeutic Tool for Heart Repair?

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and Europe. In recent years, the understanding that regenerative processes exist at the level of the myocardium, has placed stem cell research at center stage in cardiology. A stem cell is a cell that has the ability to divide (self replicate) for indefinite periods often throughout the life of the ...