Research News
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New progress on radiation-induced brain necrosis by Prof. Yamei Tang's team
Radiotherapy (RT) is an integral modality in the treatment of head and neck cancers (HNC), especially for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is prevalent in Southern China. However, radiation may result in brain necrosis, a severe, irreversible or even life-threatening cerebral complication, since healthy brain tissue in or around the RT fields could be damaged. The optimal timing of initiating me...
August 18, 2022
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Prof. Wenru Su's group revealed the immune microenvironment in orbital tissues of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy with single-cell RNA sequencing
Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an autoimmune condition affecting the orbit and ocular adnexa that may lead to vision loss. Treatment for TAO remains challenging because of the poor understanding of its pathogenesis. On July 26, 2022, Prof. Wenru Su's group from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University recently published their results in Cell Reports Medicine.
August 13, 2022
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Professor Ming Kuang published novel mechanisms underlying post-RFA HCC recurrence in Hepatology
Recently, Professor Ming Kuang from the Center of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and colleagues published novel mechanisms underlying post-RFA HCC recurrence in internationally renowned journal Hepatology, entitled “Eliminating METTL1-mediated accumulation of PMN-MDSCs prevents HCC recurrence after radiofrequency ablation”.
July 18, 2022
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Professor Sheng Liu/Yizhi Liu/Mengqing Xiang's team from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center provide solid evidence for the robust neurogenesis in adult primate
It is still controversial to what extent neurogenesis occurs in adult primates. On May 30, 2022, the joint teams of Professor Sheng Liu/Yizhi Liu/Mengqing Xiang from Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University published the research paper "Single-cell transcriptomics of adult macaque hippocampus reveals neural precursor cell populations" in Nature Neuroscience (impact factor 25).
June 18, 2022
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Professor Kuang Ming's team has made new progress in the field of precise prevention and treatment of HCC recurrence
Recently, Professor Kuang Ming's team, from the Center of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery of The First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yat-sen University (FAH-SYSU), has made new progress in the field of precise prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence. Their related outcomes have been published in Cancer Immunology Research, an important journal of the American Associa...
June 28, 2022