“Vanuatu has always held a special place in my heart. When I was a kid, it was advertised on TV as the happiest country in the world,” said Ken Tan (MBBS lV), who spent three months in Vanuatu during his Enrichment Year, volunteering at Medical Santo, a non-profit organisation that serves the local community by providing healthcare, education, and employment opportunities.
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【明德教授】馬桂宜教授：揮之不能 擊退癌症輪迴
從事了20年的生物醫學研究，馬桂宜教授一直以擊退癌症幹細胞作為研究目標之一。癌症為全球第一大殺手，令人聞風色變，即使病人接受治療，仍需面對癌症復發、出現抗藥性的風險，令病人進入癌症的「輪迴」。在眾多癌症中，常見於華人的肝癌是屬於復發率相當高的癌症。背後的原因是甚麼？馬桂宜教授指：「肝癌出現復發的原因之一是因為癌細胞內存有幹性 (stemness)。」
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Hong Kong. What are the risk factors for this type of cancer? What symptoms should we watch for? And what are the options for surgery? We turned to Professor Ava Kwong, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Daniel C K Yu Professor in Breast Cancer Research, for the answers.
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Professor Stephanie Ma was recently appointed Jimmy and Emily Tang Professor in Molecular Genetics. The cancer biologist thanked the donors for recognising the value of pre-clinical biomedical sciences research. “I always have to emphasise and hope that the community appreciates that while translational research is important, is most direct, basic research is equally important as it fuels innovative clinical translation.”
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