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New cancer treatment to improve patient outcomes

Chinese scientists have developed a new treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma that helps patients live longer and have a better quality of life compared with traditional therapies that often cause severe side effects.Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a type of cancer that originates in the nasopharynx, which is the upper part of the throat behind the nose.Ma Jun, an academician of the Chinese Academ...

March 17, 2025

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SYSU makes a significant breakthrough in total liver function replacement therapy

Recently, the organ transplant team at The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University has successfully performed the world’s first domino extracorporeal liver therapy on a patient with end-stage liver failure who also had contraindications for liver transplantation. This breakthrough helped the patient survive the critical period of liver failure and subsequently facilitated a success...

March 17, 2025

Research News

​ Ping Lan and Zhen He's group reveals a novel mechanism of the "Creeping fat" formation in Crohn's disease

Recently, a research titled "Microbiota-induced alteration of kynurenine metabolism in macrophages drives formation of creeping fat in Crohn’s disease," was published online in the Cell Host and Microbe (IF=20.6). This study was led by Professor Ping Lan and Chief Physician Zhen He from the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU). The researchers unveiled a novel mechanism i...

December 22, 2024

SYSU researchers used AI to identify new RNA viruses

Scientists have identified more than 160,000 ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus species, with the help of artificial intelligence, in what is perhaps the largest discovery of virus species.A report on the discovery was published in the international science journal Cell on Wednesday.The research was carried out jointly by scientists from Sun Yatsen University, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, the Universi...

October 24, 2024

SYSU researchers unveil new strategy for cardiac arrest

Researchers have developed a new method for cardiac arrest resuscitation, which is expected to improve the success rate of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and have a profound impact on the development of emergency care systems for critical conditions.Cardiac arrest patients often experience severe brain damage, which is the primary cause of death. Animal studies have shown that within mere second...

October 23, 2024