PRIORITY AREAS – PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
Cluster Code	:		M
Major Fields Code	:		1 / 2/ 3/ 4/ 5
Subfields Code	:		001 / 002 / 003/ 004/ ...

Major Fields		Subfields
Code	Items	Code	Items
1	Mechanism of Disease Development	001	Understanding mechanism of tropical disease development
		002	Understanding drug action and resistance (anti-microbial)
		003	Understanding genetic predisposition and genomic function in cardiovascular disease and cancer
2	Cell Regulation and Signaling	001	Role of regulatory factors in cell signaling
		002	Cell response to external stimuli
		003	Genetic programming in development and differentiation
		004	Novel factors in transcriptional and translational regulation
3	Novel Technologies and Concepts	001	Understanding stem cell differentiation
		002	Understanding cell-cell interaction towards organ development / tissue engineering
4	Novel therapeutics	001	To apply new knowledge in cell biology for fundamental research in drug discovery and vaccine development
		002	Tropical biodiversity and its effects on disease mechanisms
5	Brain Science	001	Cellular and molecular neuroscience (structure and function)
		002	Nervous system development and differentiation
		003	Sensory and motor system research
		004	Investigation of regulatory system in the brain