Recent advancements in medical science have opened new avenues for treating chronic diseases. A group of Chinese scientists has reportedly cured a 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes through a groundbreaking cell transplant procedure. This case, claimed to be the first of its kind globally, marks a significant milestone in diabetes treatment and may offer… Read More »
Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. Monday See the video game “The Sims 4” in a different light, courtesy of Pieter Schoolwerth, a Brooklyn-based artist. For “Shifted Sims,” his first solo exhibition at New York’s… Read More »
The coronavirus outbreak is hitting a peak in China this month and may be over by April, the government’s senior medical adviser says in the latest assessment of an epidemic that has rattled the world. Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old epidemiologist who won fame for combating the SARS epidemic in 2003, shed tears about the doctor… Read More »
A preliminary investigation into viral pneumonia illnesses sickening dozens of people in and around China has identified the possible cause as a new type of coronavirus, state media said Thursday. Chinese health authorities did not immediately confirm the report from state broadcaster CCTV. Coronaviruses are spread through coughing or sneezing or by touching an infected… Read More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a Beijing hospital on Monday for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in the first courtroom challenge to Chinese marriage laws. According to China’s laws governing assisted reproductive technology, only married couples can… Read More »