Chua Skin Specialist

07/07/2026

https://chuaskin.com/blog/fungi-genome-editing/

A University of Pennsylvania team reports in Nature Biotechnology a new prime-editing tool (fPE7max) that lets researchers switch on dormant biosynthetic pathways in fungi. Their first run yielded 18 complex molecules, 8 entirely new to science, three with selective anti-cancer activity.

03/07/2026

https://chuaskin.com/blog/phage-therapy-framework/

A Shenyang Agricultural University group proposes in Biocontaminant that we've been thinking about phage therapy too simply. Their new three-stage framework — arms race, protective coexistence, ecological feedback — reshapes how phages could fit into antimicrobial resistance control.

29/06/2026

https://chuaskin.com/blog/peptide-antibiotic-resistance/

University of Alberta researchers report in Cell Biomaterials that D-GK17, a mirror-image peptide derived from a fragment of the natural human peptide LL-37, dismantles bacterial biofilms and stays non-toxic at the doses needed to work.

24/06/2026

https://malayznbeat.com/why-generations-of-malaysians-keep-coming-back-to-dr-chua/

The Dermatologist Who Chose Trust Over Trends: How Dr. Chua Built a Skin Clinic Patients Have Stayed With for 17 Years In a world where beauty clinics seem to appear overnight and social media is flooded with promises of instant transformations, trust has become one of the rarest things a patient ca...

15/06/2026

Wed, Jun 17, 2026. Open 1 to 4 pm.

29/05/2026

Jun 1, Mon, Clinic closed. Jun 2, Tue, Clinic reopen.

22/05/2026

May 27 Hari Raya Haji. Open 2 - 5 pm.

14/05/2026

https://chuaskin.com/blog/doxycycline-pep-gonorrhoea-resistance/

A new Lancet Infectious Diseases study from southern California shows doxyPEP's protective effect against gonorrhoea has vanished within a year of rollout, as the tetM resistance gene spreads through Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

22/04/2026

https://chuaskin.com/blog/sulfur-polymer-antifungal/

Researchers at Flinders University have developed a sulfur-based polymer that shows strong activity against drug-resistant fungi and bacteria — while leaving human and plant cells untouched.

20/03/2026

20/3 Fri 10-4 pm Open. 21/3 Sat Closed. 23/3 Mon 9-4 Open. Walk-in or appt ok.