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Domestically developed brain-computer interface products at China Sensor Valley in Bengbu, Anhui province, last month. Photo: Xinhua
China technology

China approves string of ‘telepathy’ devices amid push to leapfrog Elon Musk

Chinese regulators have approved a group of brain-technology products this year, as local start-ups push to surpass Musk’s Neuralink.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Can Hongkongers trust smartwatches, or are they being misled?

Wellness

1 in 20 Hongkongers has hepatitis B, many unaware. What are the risks?

Hong Kong stock market

China’s Akeso says cancer drug beat AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi in phase 3 trial

The biliary tract cancer trial is the latest breakthrough for Akeso’s ivonescimab, which has also shown promise in treating some lung cancers.

China’s biopharmaceutical firms are increasingly looking to compete directly on the global market. Photo: Shutterstock
Wuxi Biologics

WuXi Biologics posts 4.3% rise in first-half profit, defying biotech headwinds

Higher gross margins, surging projects and continued demand from North American markets help power the drug developer’s strong first-half performance.

Health in China

Overseas licensing has helped fuel China’s biotech profits. Will it last?

Out-licensing deals have overtaken IPOs as the primary lifeline for cash-starved Chinese drug makers, analysts say.

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Hong Kong economy

Chinese tech, pharma firms eye Hong Kong as springboard for global expansion

Industry leaders highlight city’s international reach and expertise as state-owned drug maker considers Northern Metropolis project investment.

A general view of Guangzhou. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office arranged a six-day trip spanning the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

CUHK researchers perform city’s first robot-assisted pelvic fracture surgery

Amid rising cases among Hong Kong’s ageing population, procedure promises to be safer, less intrusive method that reduces blood loss, researchers say.

Science

Chinese stem cell therapy restores heart function in 90% of trial patients

Study finds patients injected with iPSC-derived heart muscle cells outperform control group on cardiac function tests after bypass surgery.

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Mainland China

Video | Chinese scientists develop ‘smart’ diabetes probiotic

The lab-engineered probiotic, named Gift, can sense high blood sugar and automatically release the glucose-lowering hormone GLP-1.

The lab-engineered probiotic, named Gift, can sense high blood sugar and automatically release the glucose-lowering hormone GLP-1
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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong is stepping up its contribution to global healthcare

The Global Health Summit highlighted the city’s potential to become an elite international hub for biomedicine and biotechnology.

Clara Chan, CEO of Hong Kong Investment Corporation, speaks at the Global Health Summit at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 7. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Science

Chinese ‘yeast factory’ boosts cancer drug production by 1,000 times

Turning point comes from cross-disciplinary collaboration, including across plant biochemistry, synthetic biology and protein engineering.

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China technology

The next tech race? China launches push to leapfrog US in ‘brain chip’ devices

China is throwing the power of the state behind efforts to overtake Elon Musk in a vital frontier technology: brain-computer interfaces.

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Crime

Doctors ignored ‘warning signs’ before Maradona’s death, court hears

7 healthcare professionals have been on trial since April for potential negligence leading up to the Argentine footballer’s death in 2020.

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Diego Maradona waves to supporters in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2015. The football legend died in 2020. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong urges parents not to delay childhood vaccinations as US limits jabs

All public health policies and medical recommendations must be based on scientific evidence, authorities say.

Delaying vaccinations reduces protection against relevant infectious diseases, the Centre for Health Protection has warned. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong rolls out online consent forms for children’s school flu jabs

Digital consent system will be introduced on the eHealth mobile application for the coming school year.

Malaysia

How a new UK law left overseas medical students ‘completely stranded’

The rule change has upended expectations that a NUMed degree could offer graduates a pathway to practising medicine in Britain.

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Donald Trump

Trump signs order to revamp childhood vaccines, against medical groups’ guidance

The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jnr (right) and US President Donald Trump with an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS
China’s private sector

China’s drug firms set to compete on the world stage, analysts say

Amid systemic efficiency and a wave of innovation, the country’s biotech sector is expanding at a pace that has caught the market off guard.

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China technology

China races to develop brain-computer interfaces that can be inserted in minutes

The technology – which allows patients to control digital devices using their thoughts – can be implanted like a stent in just a few minutes.

Education in Hong Kong

Exclusive | CUHK chief Dennis Lo ‘calm’ about talk of Nobel Prize for groundbreaking test

Scientist who pioneered non-invasive prenatal testing credits success to his team and is focused on challenges as CUHK president.

Professor Dennis Lo is vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Parents urged to vaccinate children amid flu, Covid-19 and RSV infection cases

Paediatrician warns Hong Kong’s summer flu season has yet to peak, with cases showing no sign of decline, following first child death this year.

Hong Kong’s summer flu season has yet to peak, with parents urged to vaccinate children against respiratory infections. Photo: Edmond So
China’s private sector

Sugar for the pill: US$8b fund boosts Hong Kong’s biotech hub ambitions

Hong Kong Investment Corporation is stepping up its efforts to position itself amid Beijing’s challenge to US pharmaceutical dominance.

United States

Woman says she had hysterectomy after she got someone else’s cancer diagnosis

Cassandra Barksdale is suing an Atlanta medical centre, saying that she underwent an unnecessary operation because of a tissue sample mix-up.

Education in Hong Kong

Saved as a baby, HKU medical newbie aims to pass on ‘hope, courage’ to society

HKU’s medical faculty admits 184 DSE students, equivalent to about 61 per cent of its 300 first-year places.

(Clockwise from back row left) Luann Ma, Chan Hoi-yin, Brendan Hui, Ryan Tao and Ng Ka-wing are among the top DSE scorers who will pursue a career in medicine at HKU. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Shenzhen warns clinics over illegal dental services, misleading ads in Hong Kong

Shenzhen health authorities issue warning after Hong Kong officials flag case of illegal dental practice at North Point shop.

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Mainland Chinese chain Goodfeel Dental operates a consultation centre on Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, attracting customers with “free teeth cleaning” and other offers. Photo: Jelly Tse
Artificial intelligence

AI | Will AI healthcare be China’s new global growth engine?

Artificial intelligence models and apps that help doctors in China diagnose disease and patients understand their health could be an export gold mine.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Can this surgery help Alzheimer’s patients?

Researchers conducting clinical trial for operation that drains abnormal build-up of two protein types in brain.

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