Researchers developed a tiny surface patch that helps macrophages activate inside acidic tumor tissue. The engineered immune cells remodel the tumor microenvironment, suppress tumor growth and metastasis, and promote durable anti-tumor immunity without detectable systemic toxicity.

Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with Adelaide University, have called for marine heatwaves to be recognised as a public health issue.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) announces the appointment of Professor Xiao-Jing Wang, a pioneer in theoretical and computational neuroscience, to its faculty as a Chair Professor. Professor Wang will hold a joint appointment between the School of Computing and Data Science (CDS) and the School of Biomedical Sciences at the LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) starting September.

The Faculty of Dentistry of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), ranked 2nd in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Straumann on 21 August 2026 to support the development of implant dentistry clinical teaching and services at the Institute for Advanced Dentistry - Multi-Specialty Clinic (IAD-MSC). The collaboration will further strengthen professional dental education and make advanced oral healthcare more affordable to Hong Kong citizens.

Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the United States have discovered how blood cells release an important signalling fat called sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P, into the bloodstream.

Researchers at the University of Osaka discovered FoeAB, a previously unknown bacterial pump that exports the antibiotic fosfomycin. By combining transport experiments with cryo-electron microscopy, the team revealed how the protein recognizes and moves the drug across the cell membrane. The findings expand understanding of antibiotic efflux in Gram-positive bacteria and could support new strategies to counter drug resistance and improve treatment of bacterial infections.

- A joint research team of KAIST, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, and Konyang University College of Medicine identifies how an active vitamin A metabolite suppresses "terminal exhaustion" in cancer-attacking CD8⁺ T cells

- Activates T cells' "function-preserving switch" to sustain anti-cancer function even during prolonged combat with cancer.

- In mouse glioma models, combination with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy — which releases the 'brake' cancer cells impose on immune cells — enhances treatment efficacy and points to the potential to suppress recurrent brain tumors