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A breakthrough research led by the team of Dr. SHI Peng, jointly operated among BME and BMS departments of CityU and research experts from the Harvard Medical School of the United States, has proven to save costs and enhance efficiency for developing new drugs via whole-brain activity mapping using zebrafish.

The study analyzes how the central nervous system of zebrafish reacts with various chemicals through scanning their brain and establishing a collection of these reactions of their central nervous system. This integrative system, according to Dr. SHI, can conduct imaging for many zebrafish in one go to collect a large amount of data efficiently through the use of robotics, microfluidics and hydrodynamic force. Thus, this platform can streamline and speed up new drug discovery process, and thereby save costs.

Selected press coverage:
(26 Mar 2019) 城大哈佛合作 加速神經醫學藥物研究 [am730 A26 HEALTH 講醫啲]
(19 Mar 2019) 香港城大成功开发有助研发治疗大脑疾病新药的技术平台 [央广网]
(19 Mar 2019) 助力研发治疗大脑疾病新药 香港城大成功开发技术平台 [光明网]
(19 Mar 2019) 香港城大成功开发有助研发治疗大脑疾病新药的技术平台 [珠海新闻网]
(19 Mar 2019) 助力研发治疗大脑疾病新药 香港城大成功开发技术平台 [福建日報]
(19 Mar 2019) 港城大成功開發技術平台 有助研發大腦疾病新藥 [Jornal Va Kio]
(18 Mar 2019) Neuromedicine breakthrough with Harvard University [CityU NewsCentre]
(18 Mar 2019) 香港城大成功开发有助研发治疗大脑疾病新药的技术平台 [新华网]
(18 Mar 2019) 香港城大成功开发有助研发治疗大脑疾病新药的技术平台 [中國新聞網]
(18 Mar 2019) 香港開發出新葯技術平台，利用斑馬魚預測大腦疾病藥物功效 [news.sina.com.tw]
(18 Mar 2019) Hong Kong researchers find shortcut to predict brain diseases' drug effectiveness [新华网]
(18 Mar 2019) 城大揭斑馬魚腦圖譜助研新藥 [Wen Wei Po]
(18 Mar 2019) 城大研斑馬魚腦圖譜開發新藥 [Lion Rock Daily]