News and Announcements
The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) held two sessions of orientations to welcome more than 100 new undergraduate and postgraduate students for the 2020/2021 academic year on 3 September. Speaking at the orientations, Prof. Chuxia DENG, Dean of ... + More
FHS holds orientations for new students 2020/2021
Caveolin-1 (CAV1) is an important tumour suppressor in breast cancer. Its deficiency and mutation can affect the autophagy and lysosome, thus making breast cancer cells more susceptible to autophagy/lysosome inhibitors. Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Hanming SHEN suggests ... + More
Treating Breast Cancer with Autophagy Inhibitors
According to GLOBOCAN, in 2018, there were about 18.1 million new cancer cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths worldwide, of which 2.1 million were female breast cancer cases causing 630,000deaths. Indeed, breast cancer has become the leading cause ... + More
A New Mechanism for Inhibiting Breast Cancer Metastasis and Recurrence
The University of Macau (UM) is making rapid progress in scientific research. A few years ago, UM began to vigorously promote interdisciplinary research through a strategy that can be summarised as ‘highlighting characteristics’, ‘capitalising on advantages’, ‘building peaks’, ... + More
UM Achieves Breakthroughs in Tumour Precision Medicine
Prof. Xuanjun ZHANG assumed office as Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) of Faculty of Health Sciences. He expressed his hope to acclimatize himself with the new post as soon as possible, motivate students in their studies, and foster their ... + More
Prof. Xuanjun ZHANG assumes office as FHS Assistant Dean (Student Affairs)
The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) has appointed Prof. Guokai CHEN as its Associate Dean (Teaching). Prof. Chen had been the Interim Associate Dean (Teaching) and Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) from 2019 to 2020 and from 2016 to ... + More
Prof. Guokai CHEN appointed FHS Associate Dean (Teaching)
The University of Macau (UM) has made new progress in breast cancer study. A team in the university’s Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) has discovered that NOTCH1 activation can promote the growth of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Titled ... + More
UM achieves major breakthrough in breast cancer research
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) recently held the Fourth Symposium on Biomedical Sciences on the internet. More than 130 students, researchers, and scholars from Macao, mainland China, and overseas participated in the online ... + More
UM holds online symposium on biomedical sciences
The University of Macau (UM) has made new progress in medical molecular imaging and precision medicine in cancer treatment. A research team at the university has developed a photodynamic diagnostic agent with multi-modal molecular imaging contrast function and ... + More
UM develops photodynamic diagnostic agent for more effective treatment of deep tumours
A research team in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), led by Associate Professor Zhen YUAN, has made significant progress in optical molecular imaging and precision medicine for cancer treatment. The team has developed ... + More
