Less Pain, More Gain

One of the biggest problems with tooth replacement – particularly for the patient – is the amount of time it takes and the discomfort involved. Multiple fitting procedures can be tedious and uncomfortable. From the dentist’s viewpoint, existing design processes can...

China’s Pollution Successes

Until 10 years ago, China’s approach to environmental pollution was to place it a distant second in the rush to accelerate economic development. But growing evidence of the health impact motivated a change of tune. A ‘war on pollution’ was launched in 2013. As...

HKU Scientists Discover Deafness Master Genes

Our senses of hearing and balance are determined by the inner ear, which has six organs made up of sensory hair cells and the endolymphatic system whose fluid carries sound, gravity and linear acceleration signals to the brain. Defects in any of these can affect our...

Oral Surgeons Bring AI Tool to Nigeria

In 2022, researchers in the Faculty of Dentistry led an international team to develop an AI web tool that could predict patients’ risk of developing oral cancer. The tool, based on the AI algorithm DeepSurv, had a 95 per cent accuracy rate on a cohort of more than 700...

The ‘Digitalised Self’

In 2016, Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Psychiatry, Dr Chan Kai-tai, took a short break from his previous work as a psychiatrist at Castle Peak Hospital to study history and culture as an Academic Visitor at the University of Cambridge. He was used...