Hilary Wong

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

The preeminent Karolinska Institutet will set up its first Asian research center in Hong Kong, which gets a boost in its quest to become a world-class science hub.

Local businessman Lau Ming-wai donated US$50 million (HK$390 million) to set up the Ming Wai Lau Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

The Swedish-Hong Kong center will focus on spinal injuries, a cure for Parkinson's disease, myocardial infarction and stem-cell liver transplant.

Anders Hamsten, vice chancellor of the Stockholm- based institute, said these are extremely critical diseases and groundbreaking research areas.

Karolinska's Nobel Assembly chooses the Nobel laureates in medicine or physiology each year.

The center will recruit 30 scientists through a global recruitment drive, with some of them coming from the institute.

The center's site will be decided in one to two months, with the Science Park one of the sites being considered.

It is expected to be up and running in six months,

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