Media Coverage: Dr Alan Wong's platform on gene therapy
Dec 11, 2023
Dr Alan Wong was awarded the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize 2023 in Life and Health. He was interviewed by TOPICK and introduced his platform on gene therapy.
Media Coverage: Dr You-qiang Song introduced newly-developed medicine for treating Alzheimer's disease
Dec 11, 2023
Dr You-qiang Song introduced the newly-developed medicine for treating Alzheimer's disease.
Press Release: HKUMed reveals new strategy for updating vaccines against evolving COVID-19 variants
Dec 08, 2023
Prof. Jiandong Huang and other researchers from HKUMed and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) have developed a novel method for dynamic vaccine updates to combat the ever-changing SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, revealed that a vaccine booster based on the older SARS-CoV-1 strain may provide longer-lasting and broader protection after two doses of an ancestral strain vaccine.
Media Coverage: Article series for am730 health column
Oct 11, 2023
Article series are published for am730 health column to deliver public education on health-related issues.
Press Release: HKUMed & CityU researchers jointly generate human neural stem cells with powerful therapeutic potential for the treatment of spinal cord injury, paving the way for new therapeutic opportunities
Aug 16, 2023
A joint research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has generated human neural stem cells with powerful therapeutic potential for the treatment of spinal cord injury that paves the way for new therapeutic opportunities. The new findings are now published in Advanced Science.
Media Coverage: Dr Raymond Chang hosted a summer internship programme to study pathological changes and neural circuits of zebrafish
Jul 31, 2023
Dr Raymond Chang hosted a summer internship programme to study pathological changes and neural circuits of zebrafish.
Press Release: HKUMed discovers a novel molecular mechanism driving chemoresistance and tumour recurrence in gastric cancer, unveiling an actionable target for the disease
Jul 18, 2023
A research team led by Professor Stephanie Ma has uncovered a novel signaling pathway by which RNA editing governs lipid metabolism to promote resistance to chemotherapy and cancer stemness in gastric cancer. The findings has been published in Nature Communications.
Press Release: HKUMed in collaboration with the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, establishes the positive clinical impact of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumour Board among patients with advanced solid cancer in the era of Precision Cancer Medicine
Jul 03, 2023
Dr Jason Wong of the School and members of the collaborative group have recently published findings on the clinical importance of the Multidisciplinary Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) in delivering a Precision Cancer Medicine service.
Press Release: HKUMed establishes the first platform to slash time engineering and selecting the best precise genome editors for applications
Jun 19, 2023
A research team from the HKUMed has developed a new way to breakthrough the current limited throughput in optimising precise genome editors at scale, engineer hundreds (or more) of base editor variants in parallel instead of current laborious one-by-one testing, and informing users of the most suitable ones for therapeutic genome editing. The finding has been published in Cell Systems and a patent application has been filed based on this work.
Press Release: HKUMed discovers a new tumour suppressive gene which boosts personalised treatment response in breast cancer
Feb 02, 2023
A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) discovered that somatic deletion of a tumour suppressor gene AKTIP promotes luminal breast cancer development and resistance to endocrine therapy. The findings are now published in Cell Reports