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Protecting rare animals | SYSU researchers pioneer conservation of endangered gibbons

April 8 marks International Rare Animal Protection Day, drawing global attention to endangered species. At Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Professor Fan Pengfei’s team from the School of Life Sciences has contributed significantly to this cause with his groundbreaking discovery.Nowadays, all gibbon species face habitat threats, including the Eastern black crested gibbon, Hainan black crested gi...

April 8, 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

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SYSU researchers publish the first clinical trial research paper in top oncology journal CA

On February 20, a groundbreaking clinical trial led by Academician Jun Ma, Prof. Ying Sun and Prof. Linglong Tang from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC), was published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (Impact Factor: 503.1), the world’s most influential oncology journal.The trial, a phase Ⅲ study on reduced-volume vs. conventional radiotherapy after induction chemotherapy in...

February 21, 2025

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​ 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