Professor Leung Suet-yi and Professor Helen Yan Hoi-ning (IMAGE)

The University of Hong Kong

Professor Leung Suet-yi and Professor Helen Yan Hoi-ning

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Professor Leung Suet-yi (left) and Professor Helen Yan Hoi-ning analysed genetic mutations in normal stomach lining tissue using advanced genome sequencing, contributing to a mutational map of the gastrointestinal tract; and investigated intestinal metaplasia, a pre-cancerous stage that marks an increased risk of developing stomach cancer.

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