Medical Research
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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.
September 12, 2023
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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.
August 14, 2023
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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.
August 13, 2023
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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.
August 11, 2023
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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...
August 1, 2023