HONG KONG, April 17 (Xinhua) — The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) announced on Wednesday that it has pioneered a new stem cell model to help personalize treatment for pat
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U.S. issues first national drinking water standard against forever chemical pollutants
LOS ANGELES, April 10 (Xinhua) — The U.S. government issued on Wednesday the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per- and
2 scientists share 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is held at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 2, 2022. Two scientists, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, won the
U.S. starts clinical trial for universal flu vaccine
LOS ANGLES, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — The United States has started the phase 1 clinical trial of a new investigational universal flu vaccine candidate, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announc
Scientists propose new strategy to treat inflammatory bowel disease
GUANGZHOU, March 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese and foreign researchers have jointly proven an innovative drug effective in treating moderate and severe ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Clinical trial finds temperature-stable TB vaccine safe, prompts immune response
LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Xinhua) — A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibod