Experts from China and abroad gather at Hengqin to discuss advanced technologies in regenerative medicine

As one of the activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), UM FHS and the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH), the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently co-organised the 2nd International Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Conference in Regenerative Medicine. The two-day event attracted more than 200 participants from the United States, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao, including renowned scholars, biomedical experts, industry practitioners, researchers, and students. During the event, they exchanged ideas on the theories and technological advances in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. UM Vice Rector Ge Wei, in his speech, said that the Greater Bay Area (GBA) is an important hub for the open development of the medical and pharmaceutical industry, adding that the conference aimed to create a platform for displaying the latest research results in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Lin Haifan, a world-renowned scientist, who is also the president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed genetic regulation in germ cells and outlined future research directions in the Piwi-piRNA field in his keynote speech.