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Sin Tiong Ong

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Medical Oncology
406 Seeley Mudd Bldg, Box 3406, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine

Recent Publications


Charting New Paths in Cancer Research: Insights from the Frontiers in Cancer Science Conference 2024.

Journal Article Cancer Res · August 1, 2025 The 16th annual Frontiers in Cancer Science conference convened leading experts to discuss the latest developments in cancer research. Key research themes included mechanisms of treatment resistance and innovative strategies to target resistant cancer cell ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chronic inflammation deters natural killer cell fitness and cytotoxicity in myeloid leukemia.

Journal Article Blood Adv · February 25, 2025 Natural killer (NK) cells play an integral role in immunosurveillance against myeloid malignancies, with their mature phenotype and abundance linked to prolonged treatment-free remission in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, NK cell function is suppr ... Full text Link to item Cite

The BIM deletion polymorphism potentiates the survival of leukemia stem and progenitor cells and impairs response to targeted therapies.

Journal Article Leukemia · January 2025 One sixth of human cancers harbor pathogenic germline variants, but few studies have established their functional contribution to cancer outcomes. Here, we developed a humanized mouse model harboring a common East Asian polymorphism, the BIM deletion polym ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) · 1987 M.B.B.Ch.