Latest Research Highlights
SCM's trailblazing research published in esteemed academic journals
Our research is driven by our strong desire to tackle real-world health challenges, whilst contributing to a better understanding of the mechanisms of human diseases from a clinical and research perspective, thereby advancing precision medicine and devising innovative therapeutic solutions.
Our School is at the cutting edge of medical science and the works of our high-calibre researchers were published in some of the most influential scientific and medical journals.
Introduced below are recent projects conducted by our leading scholars:
- Research led by Dr. Wong Hoi-leong Xavier and Professor Bian Zhaoxiang identifies a new regulatory mechanism for insulin resistance and therapeutic target for age-related diabetes
- Professor Jia Wei's team identifies the critical role of gut microbiota-bile acid crosstalk in mediating rebound weight gain after calorie restriction
- Professor Jia Wei's team unveils a novel mechanism by which bile acid-microbiome interaction promotes gastric carcinogenesis
- SCM-led research identifies new regulatory mechanism of satiety and therapeutic target for obesity
- SCM and Cornell University jointly develop a novel nano-carrier that increases the efficacy of Chinese medicine treatment for breast cancer
- Research team led by Professor Lyu Aiping and Professor Zhang Ge identifies new therapeutic target for osteoarthritis
- Research led by Professor Jia Wei reveals hyocholic acids are promising agents for diabetes prediction and treatment
- Team led by Professor Li Min develops new Chinese medicine formula for treating Alzheimer's disease
- Team led by Professor Jia Wei reveals distinct alterations in gut microbiota for colorectal cancer and hepatocellular cancer
- Team led by Professor Li Min discovers new molecular mechanism of autophagy in Alzheimer's pathogenesis
- Professor Zhang Ge's team develops a new strategy for virtual screening of natural products targeting non-coding nucleic acid miRNA
- Research led by Professor Bian Zhaoxiang discloses novel gut microbiota-mediated mechanism underlying increased excretion of bile acids in patients with IBS-D
- Professor Jia Wei's team discovers molecular mechanisms for cholesterol and lipid lowering effects of Pu-erh tea
- Team headed by Professor Lyu Aiping and Professor Zhang Ge develops precision medicine-based therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis
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