A research team led by Prof. Tom CHEUNG, Associate Professor in the Division of Life Science at HKUST, revealed the relationship between Dek and Intron retention during muscle stem cell quiescence.
In this study published in the journal PNAS, Prof. Tom Cheung and his research team have found that a lncRNA, LncMyoD, regulates the differentiation of muscle cells through modulating chromatin accessibility.
Seeing how Alzheimer’s disease has turned her beloved aunt from a sprightly 75-year-old to a confusing mind, Dr. Fanny IP Chui-Fun says the experience is frustrating for her as a neuroscientist because the disease remains incurable.