香港神经退行性疾病中心(Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases,简称HKCeND)由香港科技大学(科大)成立,其研究团队在阿尔兹海默症(AD)的早期诊断和治疗方面取得了重大突破,有望为疾病管理带来变革。团队已建立了先进的生物标志物开发平台,识别出新型的血液生物标志物,并设计了一套创新的人工智能AD评分系统,可用于预测罹患AD的风险,早期诊断以及划分患病的阶段。团队还成功研发新型基因治疗策略,有助治疗阿尔兹海默症。了解更多...
A research led by HKUST has revealed a novel mechanism that regulates secretion of sonic hedgehog (Shh), a key signaling molecular that plays an important role in cancer progression, in mammals, opening the door to novel therapeutic strategies for cancer induced by the hedgehog signaling pathway.
A research team led by scientists from the HKUST has revealedhow secondary structure RNA elements control the cleavage activity of the DICER enzyme in both pre-miRNA and short-hairpin RNAs, improving the understanding of the DICER cleavage mechanism and providing a foundation for the design of accurate and efficient short-hairpin RNAs for gene-silencing.