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Distance Education Series Interviews with FHS Professors
Editor’s Note: Since the novel coronavirus outbreak and the consequent suspension of classes to prevent the spread of the virus, distance education has become a hot topic in Macao, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Here at the University ... + More

Distance Education Series Interviews with FHS Professors

Prof. San Ming WANG conducted a talk about breast cancer in “2019 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 21st Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology”
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Prof. San Ming WANG conducted a talk about breast cancer in “2019 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 21st Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology”

UM scholar publishes four articles on mental health care during epidemic in Lancet
Four articles on mental health care, written by a research team led by Prof. Yutao XIANG from the Faculty of Health Science (FHS), University of Macau (UM), have been published in prestigious medical journals, including Lancet and Lancet psychiatry. The articles ... + More

UM scholar publishes four articles on mental health care during epidemic in Lancet

UM’s latest study discovers new mechanism to block recurrence and metastasis of breast cancer
A research team led by Chuxia DENG, dean of the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), recently found that breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) plays an important role in regulating mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics: ... + More

UM’s latest study discovers new mechanism to block recurrence and metastasis of breast cancer

UM researchers invent low-cost methods to generate cardiac muscle cells
Cardiac muscles cells are considered difficult to regrow and the differentiation process is costly. To address this problem, a research team from the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), University of Macau (UM), invented two new methods to generate ... + More

UM researchers invent low-cost methods to generate cardiac muscle cells

UM's latest study shows initiating mental health treatment is urgent and crucial for anti-epidemic campaign
The novel coronavirus outbreak has received a lot of attention worldwide as the number of confirmed cases and deaths continue to climb and isolated cases are being reported abroad. In the meantime, mental health care for those affected ... + More

UM’s latest study shows initiating mental health treatment is urgent and crucial for anti-epidemic campaign

FHS welcomes around 1000 visits at Open Day
The University of Macau (UM) held the Open Day on 12 January. FHS received around 1,000 visits on that day. Through the event, students and their parents, Macao residents, and residents of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area learned ... + More

FHS welcomes around 1000 visits at Open Day

FHS organized a series of varied and enriched activities on UM Open Day
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FHS organized a series of varied and enriched activities on UM Open Day

Biomedical expert in cancer research gives talk at UM on cancer and evolution
Prof Chung-I WU, a renowned biomedical expert in cancer research and a UM Macao Distinguished Visiting Scholar, today (19 December) gave a talk at the University of Macau (UM), titled ‘Evolution in action - Why is cancer different ... + More

Biomedical expert in cancer research gives talk at UM on cancer and evolution

Tel Aviv University visits FHS for collaboration
On 12th September, Prof. Abdussalam AZEM, Dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University and Mr. Meir BUBER, Senior Executive For Resource Development and Public Affairs Division, Tel Aviv University accompanied by Ms. Amanda LOU, Officer, Science ... + More

Tel Aviv University visits FHS for collaboration