2021-03-01 08:06:24 GMT2021-03-01 16:06:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HANGZHOU, March 1 (Xinhua) Doctors in an eastern Chinese hospital said they successfully performed the country s first double lung-liver transplant surgery to save the life of a man.
The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, in Zhejiang Province described the combination surgery on Saturday as one of the toughest for transplant surgeons.
The patient, identified as a man in his 40s, received the two lungs and liver from a female donor after being diagnosed with late-stage pulmonary fibrosis and late-stage liver cirrhosis.
Two surgeons renowned for performing lung and liver transplants led the surgery, which the hospital described as timely for the patient who was at his last gasp.
Chinese hospital completes rare lung-liver transplant
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Dr. Dong Zhao Announced as Deputy Editor of JACC: Asia
China-based physician scientist among prestigious representatives of cardiovascular health to serve on journal’s editorial board
Feb 08, 2021
WASHINGTON (Feb 08, 2021) -
Dong Zhao, MD, PhD, has been named a deputy editor of
JACC: Asia, the American College of Cardiology’s newest journal, which will feature original articles, cutting-edge technology manuscripts and clinical practice guidelines centered on Asian populations and by Asian authors.
A distinguished clinical epidemiologist, Zhao is currently a professor of preventive cardiology at the Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases (BIHLBD) at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University. She is the former deputy director of BIHLBD. Zhao is also a member of several writing committees on China and international guidelines focused on preventive cardiology, dyslipidemia management and hypertension management.
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Stem cells may correct deformity and restore brain function after childhood disorder
Using stem cells to regenerate parts of the skull, USC scientists partially corrected a skull deformity and reversed learning and memory deficits in young mice with craniosynostosis, a condition estimated to affect 1 in every 2,500 infants born in the United States.
The only current therapy is complex surgery within the first year of life, but skull defects often return afterward. The study, which appears today in Cell, could pave the way for more effective and less invasive therapies for children with craniosynostosis.
“I started my career as a clinician treating kids with congenital defects, and we always wanted to do something better for these patients,” said study leader Yang Chai, a University Professor and director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.
ACC Names Jian an Wang Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Asia Dec 21, 2020
JACC: Asia, the newest addition to the
JACC Journals portfolio and the first region-specific cardiovascular journal with original peer-reviewed content.
Wang serves as the chair of the Heart Center at the Second Affiliated Hospital at Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China and is also a professor and associate dean at Zhejiang University School of Medicine. A leading interventional cardiologist, Wang has spearheaded the efforts in establishing and developing one of the largest valvular heart disease programs in Asia. He has also developed several innovative devices for valvular interventions, in collaboration with engineers, cardiovascular colleagues and manufacturers, that have been approved by the China Food and Drug Administration. His research work focuses on improving the efficacy of stem cell implantation in infarcted myocardium through hypoxemic preconditioning, which has bee
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