In addition to the basic research projects undertaken by members of the Centre as listed in each of the research programmes, it is recognized that our research programmes will achieve major impact at the community level through the following applied research work in drug screening and discovery, cell therapy and the development of diagnostic kits and devices.
Screening for new drugs from Chinese herbal extracts |
Disciplines |
Investigators |
Topics |
Diabetes & Obesity |
Prof KSL Lam, Professor Aimin Xu
(Medicine) |
Chinese Medicine as basis for discovery of new drugs (supported by an ITF grant to Prof KSL Lam & Dr A Xu) |
Neurological Diseases |
Prof KF So, Dr RCC Chang (Anatomy) |
Glaucoma & Alzheimer's disease;
(3 patents pending) |
Professor SL Ho (Medicine),
Prof YS Chan (Physiology) |
Parkinson's disease |
Professor RTF Cheung
(Medicine),
Professor SK Chung (Anatomy) |
Stroke |
Cardiovascular Diseases |
Dr GR Li, Prof CP Lau (Medicine) |
Arrhythmias |
Professor BMY Cheung (Medicine) |
Hypertension |
Stem Cell: therapy & drug screening |
Disciplines |
Investigators |
Topics |
Stem cell therapy |
Prof HF Tse, Dr RA Li,
Prof CP Lau (Medicine) |
Treatment of coronary artery disease (Tse HF et al, Lancet 2003) |
Human stem cells/differentiated cell-lines |
Prof RA Li,
Prof HF Tse (Medicine) |
Drug screening for neural/cardiac degenerative diseases & diabetes |
Medical Diagnostics and Devices Projects |
Disciplines |
Investigators |
Topics |
Medical Diagnostics |
Prof KSL Lam,
Professor Aimin Xu (Medicine) |
Development of monoclonal antibodies, new ELISA and protein chips for screening/diagnosis of cardiovascular risk |
Medical Devices for Diagnostics |
Prof HF Tse, Prof CP Lau
(in collaboration with Electrical & Electronic Engineering - Prof
F Chan, ITF grant 2003) |
Implantable device for cardiac rhythm monitoring |
Prof HF Tse, Prof M Ip, Prof CP Lau (Medicine)
(in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department- Dr WK Tsui) |
Monitoring device for respiratory and sleep disorder |
Prof
CP Lau, Prof HF Tse (Medicine)
(in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering
Department- Prof ATY Chwang; ITF 2002) |
Arterial pulse monitoring device for cardiovascular disease |
Prof CP Lau, Prof HF Tse (Medicine) |
3D reconstruction of coronary artery stenosis using intravascular ultrasound and CT scan |
Since the establishment of the Centre in 2004, over $144 million has been attained from various funding sources as follows: