Hong Kong university joins forces with top overseas institutions to set up city’s first international research centre on dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases

The first international research centre in Hong Kong to focus on neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia will be established jointly by a local university and three top overseas institutions. The centre, to be set up by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), will look into Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, together with Harvard Medical School, Stanford University School of Medicine and University College London (UCL). It aims to be part of a...