Wan Yong's primary research interest resides in cancer stem cell (CSC) regulation in breast cancer cell lines.
Her current research involves cellular characterisation as well as the use of sequencing technology and bionformatics analyses for identification of novel biomarkers.
Wan Yong is also passionate in exploring anti-cancer properties of various natural products and their derivatives. Apart from screening the crude plant extracts for their anti-neoplastic activities, she also hopes to identify the important and non-toxic bio-active components that could be potentially developed into cancer cure in the future.
Her other interests include studying of herbal, food and agricultural products for their phytochemical content and exploring their potent activities such as antioxidant, immunomodulation, anti-inflammation, liver protection activities, whitening effects etc.