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Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Chemistry, has developed a system to test Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Dr Cheng is employing zebrafish embryos to identify herbs that can induce or inhibit the formation of new blood vessels. The project, “Screening Agents for Angiogenic Modulating Activities Using Teleosts Embryos”, has been granted HK$2.5 million under the Innovation and Technology Support Programme of Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF).
For years, the thin gauze of atmosphere surrounding the earth hampered astronomers from studying the most distant stars in our cosmos. But the Hubble Space Telescope, fixed in the clarity of space, has lifted that veil. It is our outpost to the universe.