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Paul Tam To Receive 2020 Rehbein Medal
HKU Professor Paul Tam is the first Asian to receive the Rehbein Medal from the European Paediatric Surgeons’ Association.
How To Birth A Billion-Dollar Industry
Having seen non-invasive prenatal testing grow from an idea to an actual product, Professor Dennis Lo shares why he thinks Asia is the best place to be for his next venture: liquid biopsies for cancer.
Wrapping DHA In Corn Protein Enhances Absorption
Using edible corn protein, scientists have encapsulated docosahexaenoic acid to increase its absorption in both maternal mice and their offspring.
Sleep Keeps The Genome Intact, Study Finds
Sleep deprivation is associated with lower expression of DNA repair genes and a higher incidence of DNA breaks.
Termites Help Forests Weather Drought
Although widely regarded as pests, termites provide rainforests with important ecosystem services, study finds.
Zai Lab Launches Field Therapy For GBM In Hong Kong
The treatment method, which relies on electric fields to destroy tumors, can now be used to treat patients in Hong Kong diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer.
WeDoctor’s Jerry Liao: Medicine For The Masses
WeDoctor founder and CEO Mr. Jerry Liao Jieyuan shares how artificial intelligence is changing the Chinese healthcare system.
Whale Shark Tourism Harms Coral Reefs
Whale shark tourism has lowered coral density and diversity off the coast of Tan-awan in the Philippines.
Getting A Glimpse Of The Far Side Of The Moon
China has launched the Chang’e-4 lunar probe which will go where no other lunar mission has gone before—the far side of the moon.
