CUHK Research: Changing the world

Digestive diseases A life-saving quest for cancer biomarkers Jun Yu Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics Cancers of the stomach, colon and liver are among the top causes of death globally. CUHK’s world-leading multi- disciplinary research in gastroenterology and hepatology has helped save countless lives by revolutionising early detection of gastrointestinal cancers, fatty liver disease and liver cancer. Breakthroughs in this field by Professor Jun Yu, Director of both the Institute of Digestive Disease and the State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease at CUHK, have already been translated into clinical applications across China and Southeast Asia. 31