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teamed up with Professor Woody Chan, who works at the School of Biomedical Sciences and is now the Centre’s co-director. They identified 12 medicine, biomedical sciences and engineering researchers at the University. Together with 12 researchers from its overseas partner, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, the team works on 23 research projects encompassing stem cells 1 and cell- based therapies, tissue engineering 2 and modelling, cellular and molecular biology, clinical translation, and enabling technologies. “In terms of musculoskeletal research, CUHK is really top-notch in the world. For research into neural systems, Karolinska is particularly strong. Working with them can strengthen our capability in that regard,” says Professor Yung. In February 2022, a month after the Centre was approved, the CUHK and Karolinska researchers met online, with Vice-Chancellors from the two universities officiating. “The presence of two Vice-Chancellors in the same online meeting speaks volumes of the importance both institutions attach to CNRM,” says Professor Chan. The Ancient Greeks thought that among all species on earth, humans are the noblest and most beautiful. A body of strength, balance and beauty results from perfect orchestration between nerves, muscles and bones. Any of these parts failing would be the precursor to illness and ageing. Consequently, repairing the human body—making the damaged tissues and organs whole again—becomes the eternal hope of mortal human beings and the ultimate goal of medical science. Opened last March at the Hong Kong Science Park, the Centre for Neuromusculoskeletal Restorative Medicine (CNRM) aims to make the injured whole again. The team finally got the good news at the end of January 2022 that the establishment of CNRM had been approved, after two years of rigorous interviews and proposal reviews. Joining forces with Karolinska Professor Patrick Yung, CNRM's director and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 12 Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2023