Research Stories
Editing Hope
Cancer Genetic Laboratory’s discovery that ribonucleic acid editing can cause liver cancer gives new hope to patients
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Puzzling over the 'Humanitarian'
Humanitarianism has been used to describe everything from the invasion of Iraq in 2003 to relief work after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to teaching English to Myanmese refugees. What, then, is 'humanitarianism'?
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Lowering the Odds on a High-Stakes Disease
The economic boom in the Asia-Pacific has given rise to another boom: that of casinos. And with it has come concern over the problem of gambling addiction, particularly among Chinese. Dr Samson Tse Shu-ki has been studying the problem
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The Dark Side of Light
Tsim Sha Tsui’s night sky is more than a thousand times brighter than a normal dark sky – making our light pollution probably the worst on the planet. Dr Jason Pun thinks it’s time Hong Kong saw the light
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A Balance of Traditions
HKU and its researchers are drawing on their unique position to bridge Chinese and western medicine and move towards integrating the two into a ‘one-world medicine’ that is based on the best of both traditions
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