Research led by a Chinese doctor has shown that toripalimab - a humanized monoclonal antibody against programmed death protein 1 - helps significantly improve the survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a type of head and neck cancer, when used in addition to chemotherapy.A report on the immunotherapy research was published on the website of Journal of the American Medical Ass...
A free vision test application, "WHOeyes," was officially launched in Guangzhou on November 25. The app was developed by Professor Mingguang He, chair professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and visiting professor of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University (ZOC) .
“China and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries urgently need to work together to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations General Assembly’s ‘Vision for Everyone’ through scientific innovation and digital medical care, providing safer, accurate, efficient, and quality medical services for everyone,” said Professor Lin Haotian, Director of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center.
A team of Chinese researchers has developed an innovative way of preserving the internal organs of slaughtered pigs, so that they can be later reanimated and used in the training of surgeons to provide a more realistic simulation of human surgical procedures.
On November 16, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-sen University and China Southern Airlines launched the eye care-themed flight at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Terminal 2. In the afternoon, flight CZ6802 took off from the airport. It was the first themed flight from Guangzhou to Kashgar. Two doctors from ZOC were also on the plane.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-senUniversity (FAH-SYSU) announced to launch a new "Five-Year Collaboration Plan" to further advance oncology care and cancer research through comprehensive leadership training, talent cultivation, and clinician education programs with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School).
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