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，準確率逾 96%。

 

目前醫生對於AD患者的診斷主要依靠對患者認知能力的測試，至於就AD病情的病理評估，最常使用的醫療程序是以腦部成像和腰椎刺穿術來偵測由AD引起的大腦病變。但有關方法費用昂貴、具侵入性，亦未有於世界各地獲廣泛應用。了解更多...

 

科大副校長(研究及發展)葉玉如教授(中)及其研究團隊成員，包括是次研究論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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