Press Releases and Stories

2025

Press Releases
Robotics, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST Develops World’s Smallest Multifunctional Biomedical Robot for Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment

2022

Press Releases
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Research
HKUST Researchers Discover New Way to Synthesize mRNAs Enhancing Effectiveness of mRNA Drugs and Vaccines
The effectiveness of mRNA vaccines and drugs – such as those used against cancer and Covid-19, will be greatly boosted.
News
Nanomaterials Science and Engineering, Nanotechnology, Health, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry
Impact Series: Turning Garbage into the Strongest Material
https://30a.hkust.edu.hk/our-impact/turning-garbage-strongest-material

2021

News
Bioengineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Goodbye to the Terror of Eye Injections
People who suffer from diabetic retinopathy and ma
Press Releases
Neuroscience, Alzheimer's, Biomedical Science, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST Scientists Develop Genome-editing Strategy for Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy
A novel brain-wide genome-editing technology offers immense potential to be translated as a novel long-acting therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer’s patients.
Press Releases
Biomedical Science, Genetics, Life Science, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
HKUST researchers have uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for a brain vascular disorder which inflicted about 10~30 million people in the world.
News
Big Data, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST's Meta-analysis Shows SARS-CoV-2 Variants Unlikely to Affect T Cell Responses
In a new study, scientists at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have revealed that most T cell epitopes known to be targeted upon natural infection are seemingly unaffected by current SARS-CoV-2 variants.

2020

Press Releases
Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 Puts Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship into Practice
The HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 has seen a record high number of participating teams at its 10th anniversary this year.  Three winning teams comprising students, faculty and alumni of the Hong Kong University