Two M’sian researchers win Asean-US Science Prize

Early detection: Dr Cheong attaching samples to a machine that helps identify oral cancer cells at Cancer Research Malaysia’s lab in Universiti Malaya’s Faculty of Medicine.

PUTRAJAYA: Two women researchers from Malaysia are giving the country a boost in the fight against cancer.

They emerged as winners of two separate categories in the 8th Underwriters Laboratories-Asean-US Science Prize for Women 2022.