‘Facial Recognition’ for Cells

Anyone suspected to have cancer wants to know the situation as soon as possible – is the diagnosis confirmed? Is the treatment working? Has it come back? But getting accurate information can be expensive and time-consuming. Labels, or biomarkers, have to be...

Tipping the Scales for Public Health

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government announced that it was “following the science” in implementing severe interventions. The approach sounded reasonable, but soon revealed serious limitations, particularly in regard to people’s freedoms and...

Pepping up the Pooch

Dogs play a central role in many people’s lives – not only as family pet, companion or exercise facilitator, but often as child substitute. Others have professional roles – be they sniffing out drugs or explosives, police dog or emotional support...

A Bionic Slice of Life

The pandemic had many downsides but for Professor Nancy Man Kwan, Chair Professor of Transplant Oncology and Immunology from the Department of Surgery and an expert in liver transplantation and disease, it offered a silver lining. Forced to halt her visits to...

Maternal Instinct

In July 2020, Hong Kong extended statutory paid maternity leave from 10 to 14 weeks to align with International Labour Organization standards. Not only was this a great day for new mums, but it also provided a rare opportunity to study directly and immediately the...