由香港科技大学（科大）领导的国际研究团队，近期成功研发出一种新型全脑基因编辑技术，在小鼠模型中证明可以改善阿尔茨海默症（AD）的病理症状，有潜力发展成为AD的新型长效治疗手段。

据估计，中国有超过50万人罹患遗传性的阿尔茨海默症，即家族性阿尔茨海默症（FAD）。FAD是一种与家族史高度相关的先天性阿尔茨海默症。虽然FAD患者有明确的遗传病因，亦可在认知出现问题之前获得诊断，但目前还未有有效的治疗方法。了解更多...

 

HKUST’s Vice-President for Research and Development, Prof. Nancy Ip (second right) and her research team members – including doctoral student and co-first author of this research paper, Ms. Stephanie DUAN Yangyang (first right) – used the confocal imaging system (pictured) to demonstrate how disruption of a familial Alzheimer’s disease mutation by genome editing strategy reduces disease pathology. 

科大副校长(研究及发展)叶玉如教授(右二)及其研究团队成员──包括是次研究论文的共同第一作者博士生段扬扬女士(右一) ──利用激光共聚焦成像系统来展示基因编辑技术如何透过破坏家族性阿尔茨海默症遗传突变来减低疾病病理。
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(Front Left) Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science, (Front Right) Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Biology and their research team.
(Front Left) Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science, (Front Right) Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Biology and their research team.
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HKUST’s Vice-President (Research and Development) Prof. Nancy IP (Middle) and her research team members - including doctoral student Mr. Jason JIANG Yuanbing (second left) who is the first author of this research paper.
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