Singapore, Dec 1 - A metal compound commonly found in consumer products and sunscreens lotions could potentially cause cancer.

Zinc oxide is used to absorb harmful ultra violet light. But when it is turned into nano-sized particles, they are able to enter human cells and may damage the user's DNA.

Washington, Jan 26 : Scientists in Singapore and China have identified genes that play an important role in the development of psoriasis, a common chronic skin disease.

In three independent studies, researchers at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Anhui Medical University, China, examined genetic variants in the human genomes of a large cohort of patients with psorasis and healthy controls in the Chinese population.

Singapore  - A Singapore gangster was praised Sunday for donating two kidneys, a liver and a cornea, after he was hanged in prison for murdering a nightclub owner.

The Sunday Times profile the good deeds of Tan Chor Jin, whose kidney was transplanted into ailing retail magnate Tang Wee Sung - who was jailed a day and fined

Singapore  - A wealthy man who was jailed for one day last year for attempting to buy a kidney finally received an approved organ, according to a news report Saturday.

Ailing retail magnate Tang Wee Sung received a kidney from former organized crime boss Tan Chor Jin, who was hanged in a Singapore prison Friday morning for the
2006 killing of a nightclub owner, reported the Straits Times.

Singapore - The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has sent a 20-man medical team to Afghanistan as the city state's contribution to the multinational reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, a government statement said Monday.

The team, comprising medical and nursing officers, would be deployed in the field hospital in Tarin Kowt, the provincial capital of Oruzgan, for three months from this month.

A second 20-man team would replace the first team in February 2009 and serve in the field hospital till May 2009, the statement said.