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‘Ambitious, impossible’: controversy over Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s latest research plan targeting muscular dystrophy
Gene-editing biophysicist He Jiankui has found himself at the centre of another research debate. → Read More
While animal origin of Covid-19 remains a mystery, will revised law in China help prevent more diseases jumping from wildlife to people?
More zoonotic diseases have emerged around the world in recent decades, largely due to increased human-animal contact caused by population growth, land use changes, biodiversity loss, climate change and wildlife trading and consumption. → Read More
Chinese scientists develop ECG radar that can detect heart health from a distance, China News
Chinese scientists have developed a radio wave scanner that can detect the heart’s electrical activity from a distance, making remote monitoring of vital signs possible for the first time. Regular ECG monitoring is known to play a crucial role in diagnosing and preventing heart disease. However, most such devices require sensors, or electrodes, which are placed on the patient’s chest... → Read More
Rise of Tibetan Plateau, climate change shaped evolution of mammals: Study, Asia News
AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. The tectonic movement and mountain-building that created the Tibetan Plateau – as well as subsequent climate change – have shaped the evolution of Asian mammals over the last 66 million years, a new study... → Read More
Chinese brain study finds evolutionary clue to staying sharp in old age, Lifestyle News
A group of Chinese researchers has found that having more developed frontal lobes keeps the mind sharp in some people as they age, and is possibly a result of natural selection in human evolution. Their study looked at how the brain structure of older adults with superior cognitive performance differed from those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study, which... → Read More
Getting Covid-19 more than once raises risk of heart or lung problems: Study, World News
Getting reinfected with Covid-19 has been linked to a range of serious health problems, according to a new study from the US. A study published in Nature Medicine earlier this month found that reinfection further increases the risks of adverse health outcomes. Ziyad Al-Aly, the corresponding author of the study and the chief of research at the Veterans Affairs Saint... → Read More
Our distant past has revealed clues to that bad feeling in your gut, Lifestyle News
New research has shed light on the mysterious past of a common bacteria that infects more than half the world's population, and suggests how it became so pervasive. Helicobacter pylori, also known as H. pylori, is a very successful pathogen that makes its home in the human digestive tract and stomach. It is commonly found in people from Africa to... → Read More
Our distant past has revealed clues to that bad feeling in your gut
A study led by researchers from China and Norway has uncovered the evolutionary history of a notorious, widespread stomach bacteria that now infects more than half of all humans. → Read More
How Tibet’s High Himalaya frogs could help spawn better defences against skin cancer
A study looking at how Tibetan frogs living at high altitude have evolved to better protect themselves from ultraviolet radiation could help scientists better understand human diseases such as skin cancer, according to researchers involved in the project. → Read More
Asia’s ‘water tower’ is in trouble, and Chinese scientists are sounding the alarm
Melting glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are threatening water quality for 2 billion people, and Chinese researchers say more research is urgent. → Read More
How Tibetan mountain frogs could help spawn better skin cancer defences, Lifestyle News
A study looking at how Tibetan frogs living at high altitude have evolved to better protect themselves from ultraviolet radiation could help scientists better understand human diseases such as skin cancer, according to researchers involved in the project. The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a number of genetic and molecular mechanisms that give the frogs better protections... → Read More
Fast-acting treatment for depression shows promise in mice, Chinese study finds, China News
Chinese researchers say a fast-acting drug for depression – based on a new approach to treating the mental disorder – has shown promise in a recent study. Reporting their findings in the journal Science on Oct 27, the team from Nanjing Medical University said the antidepressant took effect in mice after just two hours and had potential as a treatment... → Read More
Million-year-old skull found in China fills human evolutionary gap, China News
Chinese archaeologists have discovered an almost complete human skull from one million years ago in the central province of Hubei, providing an important insight into a key moment in evolutionary history. The find, in Yun county, is the most complete human skull of that age ever seen in mainland Eurasia, the official Hubei Daily said on Wednesday (Sept 28). The... → Read More
Smart mask could be an early warning system to prevent outbreaks of respiratory diseases, Digital News
A team of Chinese scientists have developed a wearable bioelectric mask that can detect respiratory diseases in the air, including Covid-19 and influenza, and report results in 10 minutes. Once connected to a wireless network, the mask can transmit real-time data to a user's mobile device, including detection alerts, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Matter on... → Read More
Is the end to China's strict zero-Covid rules in sight? Internet users hope so, China News
Hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic could be over soon have risen online in China with a UN agency's assessment that the end is "in sight" but there is no sign in the country that strict controls will be abandoned. Nevertheless, Chinese state media have denied suggestions that the country's "dynamic zero-Covid" approach will become permanent government policy. Expectations of a... → Read More
Poverty threat unlikely to derail China’s push for common prosperity
Party congress expected to celebrate last year’s declared success in lifting lowest incomes and turn focus to 2049 goal. → Read More
China declare discovery of new moon mineral from lunar rock samples , China News
Chinese scientists have discovered a new mineral on the moon, making China the third nation after the United States and Russia to have discovered a lunar mineral, officials reported on Friday (Sept 9). The mineral, called Changesite-(Y), was found in rock and dust samples retrieved from the moon by China’s Chang’e-5 mission , the nation’s first mission to return a... → Read More
What living on the fault line means for China's Sichuan province, China News
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday (Sept 5), leaving at least 66 people dead. Another 250 were injured and 15 still missing as of Tuesday evening, with more than 11,000 people evacuated to safer places. The epicentre of the quake was in Luding, a small town of some 80,000 in Ganzi prefecture. Lying along the eastern... → Read More
Mice whiskers may offer clues on autism treatment, Chinese study suggests, China News
Mice that had their whiskers trimmed at an early stage in life could exhibit social dysfunction later on, Chinese researchers have found, in a study they say could shed light on the treatment of autism in humans. “Whiskers are one of the most important sensory systems for mice, they help them explore their surroundings,” Wang Hao, corresponding author of the... → Read More
Chinese coal-to-gas catalyst could ease reliance on foreign tech, researchers say
A new catalyst fills the gap in the domestic natural gas production process, which could help ensure stable and sustainable supply amid the global energy crisis. → Read More