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A happier gut and a happier you — preventing and managing inflammatory bowel diseases

Do you have a friend or family member with inflammatory bowel disease? Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease, are chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract caused by interactions…
Future Cities Research Institute

Rescue work is inefficient and floods strike and sacrifice the elderly?

It seems to be a “normal” situation in Malaysia that disasters occur whenever it rains. Since the great floods at the end of December last year, urban residents have been terrified by the word “rain” and are still struggling to cope with the tragic…
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FCRI Awards Six Pilot Research Projects and One Flagship Project to Advance Research in Future Cities

Following a competitive call, we have funded 6 seedcorn projects and one flagship.

The seedcorn projects last for a year and aim at developing novel high-risk research.