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The UM students gird themselves for iGEM competition
A group of students from the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) have been girding themselves for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. Being supervised by FHS ... + More

The UM students gird themselves for iGEM competition

FHS researchers discover new drug targets for lung cancer treatment
Prof. Joong Sup SHIM and his research team in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) have discovered new drug targets for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The study has opened up ... + More

FHS researchers discover new drug targets for lung cancer treatment

Preventing Cancer Through Large‑scale Populational Genetic Testing
Prof. San Ming WANG’s research team in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) recently completed a three-year study on cancer prevention in the Chinese population. This study determined the frequency of mutation-carrying and the number of carriers of ... + More

Preventing Cancer Through Large‑scale Populational Genetic Testing

FHS PhD students receive prizes at Macao Science and Technology Awards 2020
The Macao SAR government presented the 2020 Macao Science and Technology Awards yesterday (7 October), and 30 students received the Technological R&D Award for Postgraduates. Shuai LI and Jingjing LI, PhD students of Faculty of Health and Sciences ... + More

FHS PhD students receive prizes at Macao Science and Technology Awards 2020

FHS presents research achievements in the 7th Macau Industrial Products Show
FHS took part in the 7th Macau Industrial Products Show during 1 to 4 October at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Convention and Exhibition Centre. Prof. Wenhua ZHENG presented his research work on “Study on the Therapeutic Effect of Artemisinin ... + More

FHS presents research achievements in the 7th Macau Industrial Products Show

The 6th “Health, I Care!” Quiz Competition enhances students’ health knowledge
The 6th “Health, I Care!” Quiz Competition, organized by the Student Association of Faculty of Health Sciences (FHSSA), was held recently in a great success with nearly one hundred students of various faculties taking part. Twelve teams gave ... + More

The 6th “Health, I Care!” Quiz Competition enhances students’ health knowledge

FHS student receives logo design champion
Zihan LIU, a PhD student of FHS, recently won the logo design in the 40th Anniversary of University of Macau Logo and Slogan Design Competition. The judging panel reviewed 83 entries of logo design and made a professional ... + More

FHS student receives logo design champion

FHS makes major progress in breast cancer metastasis research
A research team in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), led by Associate Professor Xiaoling XU, has discovered a tumour evolution process through which the tumours initiate from cells with single nucleotide variants (SNVs) ... + More

FHS makes major progress in breast cancer metastasis research

Seize the days in university for bettering yourselves
While the browns were coming as a comforting quilt to the earth, the University of Macau ushered a new cohort of students. They have started their golden time of university life which will fly like an arrow. What ... + More

Seize the days in university for bettering yourselves

Summer Laboratory Work Experience Programme 2020 boosts local high school students' interests in biomedical science
In the summer of 2020, a total of 13 local high school students participated in the “Summer Laboratory Work Experience Programme 2020”. They went to different research teams of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Macau ... + More

Summer Laboratory Work Experience Programme 2020 boosts local high school students’ interests in biomedical science