Bulletin Summer‧Autumn 1991

RESEARCH 7 Project Title CUHK Investigators Funds Approved (HK$m) The Exploration of Viral Replication in Kidney in Hepatitis B Vims (HBV) Induced Membranous Nephropathy by Detection of HBV mRNA Dr. K.N. Lai Dr. J.S.L. Tam 0.260 Oligonucleotide Probes for the Detection of Aminoglycoside-resistance Genes in Clinical Isolates Dr. J.M. Ling 0.470 Feasibility Study of aNew Cervical Screening Test Dr. F.W.S. Wong Dr. D.W.S.P. Huang Dr. M.K.M. Chan 0.630 Cartilage Growth: An in vitro Mammalian Model for the Study on Phenotypic Characterization of Cartilage Cells during Endochondral Ossification Mr. S.K.M. Lee Prof. P.C. Leung 0.520 The Survival of Cancellous Bone Grafts - A Study on the Basic Physical Properties That May Lead to the Revascularization and Subsequent Survival Dr. P.W. Hui Mr. H.L. Sher Prof. P.C. Leung 0.420 Effect of Calcium Supplementation on the Calcium Absorption and Bone Mineral Content (BMC) of Children Who Have Habitually Low Calcium Intake Dr. S.S.F. Leung Prof. J.R.L. Masarei Dr. J.C.Y. Cheng 0.394 Coupling of Trichosanthin to Dextran: Its Effects on Pharmacokinetics, Immunoactivities, and Bioactivities of Trichosanthin Dr. M.S.C. Tam 0.500 Physical Sciences Synthetic, Structural, Mechanistic and Catalytic Studies of Metal-Organic Compounds Prof. T.C. W. Mak Dr. K.S. Chan Dr. K.W.P. Leung 0.840 Vapour PhaseEpitaxial Growth of Ternary and Quarternary Direct Band Gap Semiconductor Compounds and Artificial Structures Dr. S.K. Hark Prof. C.L. Choy Dr. W.K. Lee 0.740 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications Dr. W.L. Chan Dr. K.S. Tso 0.370 Analysis of Structural Equation Models with Non-standard Data Dr. S.Y. Lee Dr. W.Y. Poon 0.440