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  • Xinhua News 2023-09-20

    [Xinhua News] China-U.S. co-founded robotic surgery training center inaugurated

    The International Robotic Surgery Training Center, jointly established by Chinese and U.S. institutions, was inaugurated in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday. The center was jointly established by the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and UC Berkeley.

  • China Daily 2023-09-18

    [China Daily] Building a healthier future for rural kids

    Doctor's charitable project has helped end students' malnourishment in Yulong county. As a doctor specializing in nutrition, Bian Huawei did not expect that a random stop at a school in Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Yunnan province 14 years ago would steer him toward a 4 million yuan ($548,600) charitable cause.

  • China Daily 2023-09-12

    [China Daily] Dominican doctors training in Guangzhou

    Four doctors from Dominica have started an eight-week training course on cardiovascular imaging at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.The training, which started on Sept 4, follows the establishment of a cardiovascular imaging and telemedicine center at the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital in the Caribbean country in July.

  • chinadaily.com.cn 2023-08-13

    [chinadaily.com.cn] WHO eye care collaboration center opens in Guangzhou

    A World Health Organization Collaboration Center for Eye Care and Vision was launched at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University on Saturday.The center, the 10th of its kind globally, will be dedicated to assisting the WHO in research on global eye health management and technological promotion.

  • GD Today 2023-08-13

    [GD Today] WHO Collaborating Centre for Eye Care and Vision launched in GD

    On August 12, China’s one and only WHO Collaborating Centre for Eye Care and Vision was officially launched in the Zhujiang New Town Campus, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-sen University.The Collaborating Centre will serve as an international high-level ophthalmology academic cooperation platform to assist WHO in carrying out research and technology promotion of global eye health management.

  • China Daily 2023-08-12

    [China Daily] Thalassemia sufferers given new hope

    A 16-year-old girl has been discharged from a hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, after successfully undergoing groundbreaking gene therapy treatment for thalassemia, a hereditary blood disorder.The patient, identified by the pseudonym Xiao Lin, had been receiving revolutionary RM001 cell treatment at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University since June.

  • chinadaily.com.cn 2023-08-10

    [chinadaily.com.cn] Sun Yat-sen University to launch medical training program

    Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, signed an agreement and was granted a license to build an international general practitioner medical training base in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Wednesday.

  • China Daily 2023-08-01

    [China Daily] Remote eye surgery trial uses 5G robot

    The Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center at the Sun Yat-sen University has achieved a milestone in the field of ophthalmic surgery by completing the world's first remote, micron-level surgery on rabbits using an independently developed 5G robot.The surgeries took place on June 23 on rabbits at the center in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, with the surgical team operating the robot from the Hai...

  • GD Today 2023-07-14

    [GD Today] Guangdong, Dominica see closer medical cooperation

    On the afternoon of July 7 (local time), the China-Dominica Cardiovascular Imaging Center and Telemedicine Center were launched at the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital.

  • Xinhua News 2023-07-13

    [Xinhua News] Chinese scientists discover new superconductor material with high transition temperature

    GUANGZHOU, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A group of Chinese scientists have discovered a new superconducting material that becomes active at relatively higher temperatures, marking a breakthrough in the search for more easily accessible superconductors.Superconducting materials boast various useful properties, including zero electrical resistance, meaning they allow the free passage of electrical current...