A research team led by Prof. Chen Sheng, Chair Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, has recently discovered that administration of acetylsalicylic acid could inhibit cytokine storm induced by superbug CR-HvKP. Prof. Chen has previously discovered in 2017 that CR-HvKP, an emerging superbug, exhibits high transmissibility, hyper-resistance and hypervirulence. (Sing Tao Daily B09)