Category: News
HKU marine scientists join hands with local oyster industry to set up first oyster hatchery in Hong Kong 港大創立生蠔孵化場,料年產200萬蠔苗
Jun 10th 2022
Oysters have been an important commodity in Hong Kong for more than 700 years. While serving as a tasty and ...
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New system to trace endangered fish sold in wet markets 港大研發環境基因鑑別新方法, 在本地魚市場發現多種易危及瀕危物種基因
May 26th 2022
In a paper recently published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, researchers in the Conservation Forensics ...
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International trade of spiders, scorpions is 80% unregulated – threatening conservation, scientists say 約1200種蛛形類物種在全球被交易 八成不受監管
May 24th 2022
Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for ...
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HKU Biologists uncover new mechanism of macrophages promoting peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer 卵巢癌轉移機制
May 17th 2022
In metastatic ovarian cancer cells, Wnt/β-catenin signalling upregulates the expression of metadherin, which ...
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HKU biologists find a new protective factor against excessive lipid accumulation in the liver of obese mouse – providing a potential treatment for fatty liver disease 港大發現新型蛋白有效減少肝臟脂肪積聚 – 可緩解脂肪肝病徵
Apr 16th 2022
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), commonly known as fatty liver disease, is a prevalent disease ...
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An HKU biologist-led team of international plant scientists reveals how guard cell chloroplasts obtain energy
Feb 11th 2022
Whether Guard Cells (GCs) carry out photosynthesis has been debated for decades. Earlier studies ...
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HKU scientists discover activation mechanisms in soybean for adaptation to saline soil in hope of improving agriculture productivity
Jan 13th 2022
Professor Mee-Len CHYE, Wilson and Amelia Wong Professor in Plant Biotechnology, and Dr Terry Shiu-Cheung ...
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HKU biologists reveal how obesity damages the skeletal muscle metabolism A naturally occurring flavone is identified as a potential drug for obesity treatment
Nov 24th 2021
A decline in metabolism and endurance of skeletal muscle is commonly observed in obese patients, but the ...
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