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\nNamed the “FUNction Device” it aims to empower those affected by the condition to use smartphones and tablets, even in the advanced stages of the disease.
\nThe device has been jointly developed by a team from CDE and the NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck (Biomedical Engineering and Director of iHealthtech).
\nFunding was provided by the Enabling Lives Initiative Grant from SG Enable.
\nMuscular dystrophy, a condition characterised by genetic mutations hindering the production of essential proteins for healthy muscle formation, leads to progressive weakness and muscle mass loss.
\nAs everyday activities become increasingly challenging for patients, the absence of a cure necessitates continuous adaptation to the deteriorating condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":15022,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"news_category":[14],"class_list":["post-15021","nus-news","type-nus-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-bme"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nus-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16281,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15021\/revisions\/16281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=15021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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