由香港科技大學（科大）領導的國際研究團隊，近期成功研發出一種新型全腦基因編輯技術，在小鼠模型中證明可以改善阿爾茨海默症（AD）的病理症狀，有潛力發展成爲AD的新型長效治療手段。

據估計，中國有超過50萬人罹患遺傳性的阿爾茨海默症，即家族性阿爾茨海默症（FAD）。FAD是一種與家族史高度相關的先天性阿爾茨海默症。雖然FAD患者有明確的遺傳病因，亦可在認知出現問題之前獲得診斷，但目前還未有有效的治療方法。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. 

科大副校長(研究及發展)葉玉如教授(右二)及其研究團隊成員──包括是次研究論文的共同第一作者博士生段揚揚女士(右一) ──利用激光共聚焦成像系統來展示基因編輯技術如何透過破壞家族性阿爾茨海默症遺傳突變來減低疾病病理。
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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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科大研究團隊解開無腸深海管蟲的基因組秘密

香港科技大學(科大)的研究人員首次破解無腸深海管蟲的染色體層面基因組，發現了管蟲如何透過其共生細菌為其製造的有機營養物，令牠得以於極端環境中生存的機制... 

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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.
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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科大研發簡單血液測試 及早檢測阿爾茲海默症

由香港科技大學(科大)領導的一支國際研究團隊研，成功利用中國人群患者數據，研發出首個簡單而可靠的血液檢測方法，能及早篩查並識別阿爾茲海默症(AD)患者...

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