HKUST president Nancy Ip wins second Unesco prize for Alzheimer’s research

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu has been awarded a UN prize for a second time for her “outstanding contributions” in neuroscience, which have enabled the earlier diagnosis and better monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease. Ip was presented with the Unesco-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences in Paris on Friday. “Dr Nancy Yuk-yu Ip, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is a world-renowned...