由香港科技大学(科大)领导的一支国际研究团队，成功利用中国人群患者数据，研发出首个简单而可靠的血液检测方法，能及早筛查并识别阿尔兹海默症(AD)患者，准确率逾 96%。

 

目前医生对于AD患者的诊断主要依靠对患者认知能力的测试，至于就AD病情的病理评估，最常使用的医疗程序是以脑部成像和腰椎刺穿术来侦测由AD引起的大脑病变。但有关方法费用昂贵、具侵入性，亦未有于世界各地获广泛应用。了解更多...

 

科大副校长(研究及发展)叶玉如教授(中)及其研究团队成员，包括是次研究论文的第一作者博士生江源冰先生(左二)。
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Prof. WANG Jiguang (front, seated) and his research team
Prof. WANG Jiguang (front, seated) and his research team
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HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers…

Researchers from the HKUST and Beijing Tiantan Hospital have recently uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for the non-familial patients of cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM)...

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The movement of bacterial RNA Polymerase's Clamp and β-lobe (the purple and orange part in the picture, respectively) facilitates the DNA melting during initiation of transcription.
The movement of bacterial RNA Polymerase's Clamp and β-lobe (the purple and orange part in the picture, respectively) facilitates the DNA melting during initiation of transcription.
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HKUST Scientists Discover How Antibiotics Target…

A group of researchers at HKUST has uncovered the mechanism of how DNA is being melted to start bacterial gene transcription and how one class of antibiotics inhibits this process...

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