Dialogue@ZJU: With overseas ZJU students (Part 2)
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[Message from the Editor: In the time of COVID-19 pandemic, ZJU community is concerned about the lives of overseas students. Here is the second part of our dialogue with them.]SUN Tiantian, PhD CandidateMajor: Marine Resources and EnvironmentOverseas university:Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (Germany)Starting time: Dec, 2019“Leibneiz institute has been scheduled to be closed from March 15th to April 19th, 2020. Since then, I have started to study from home. Group meeting i...
Targeted delivery to tumor using drug-loaded microalgae
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Despite advanced therapies, approximately 1/3 of the patients with early-stage breast cancer will experience recurrence or metastasis, with a four-year survival rate of about 20%. Metastases in lungs are the leading cause of breast cancer deaths. Clinically, the systematic treatment of metastatic breast cancer after surgery is largely dependent on chemotherapy. However, the efficacy of this treatment is hindered by the inadequate drug delivery, where many existing therapeutic drugs cannot reach ...
SPA held a UN75 Dialogues Event
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2020-04-28
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN). The UN has launched the UN75 Dialogues, the largest global series of dialogue activities to date, encouraging research institutions around the world to carry out dialogues on the topic of building a better future for all. School of Public Affairs (SPA) of Zhejiang University responded to the call of the UN and held a dialogue event with the theme of “Public Governance Research under the Pandemic” on April 21, 2020. 14 expert...
ZJU First Affiliated Hospital publishes research articles on COVID-19 in international top journals
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2020-04-27
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COVID-19 is currently rampant all over the global and science is the sole panacea for this unknown health hazard. In addition to treating the COVID-19 patients, medical specialists from the First Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine are actively engaged into clinical research to deepen our knowledge on this novel virus and have published several research articles in international top journals.On January 19, the research article entitled “Clinical findings in a group...
Dialogue@ZJU: With overseas ZJU students (Part 1)
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[Message from the Editor: In China, life is returning to normal after taming the coronavirus. However, many parts of world are still in lockdown. Currently more than 700 ZJU students are studying in overseas institutions. How are they dealing with this crisis over there? Global Communications contacted six of them and asked about their recent life.]BAI Shuhan, ’2022 undergraduateMajor:EnglishOverseas university:University of Notre Dame (US)Starting time:Jan, 2020“After the Spring break, the U...
The first vlog of ZJU libraries released on World Book Day
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2020-04-23
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Hello, all the bookworms in ZJU, whether you read traditional paperbound books or turn to your Kindle/iPad/whatever!Which books are you reading now? Guess you are familiar with our libraries, which are committed to serving the ZJU community despite the campus shutdown during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. To ensure their service to ZJU students, faculty and staff, relevant online resources are accessed remotely on any device. What if I want to borrow a real book from the libraries? &...
Nicotinamide shown to reverse sorafenib-induced HFSR
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Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor that targets the receptor tyrosine and serine/threnonine kinases involved in tumor progression and tumor angiogenesis. It has been approved in many countries as a frontline drug for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, advanced renal cell carcinoma, and metastatic thyroid carcinoma. For most of these patients, sorafenib is the sole treatment able to produce favorable therapeutic effects. However, its association with a high incidence of hand–...
Rice varieties showed worldwide propensity to go feral
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Domesticated animals or plants that revert to wild are referred to as escaped, introduced, naturalized, or sometimes as feral animals or plants.Weedy rice, also known as red rice, is a variety of rice (Oryza) that produces far fewer grains per plant than cultivated rice. It has emerged as a severe global agricultural problem in recent decades. It is featured by a high degree of seed shattering and seed dormancy, by inferior grain quality, and by the ability to aggressively outcompete cultivated ...
Dialogue@ZJU: With CHEN Jun about post COVID-19
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[Message from the editor: Small-Medium Enterprises(SMEs)in China took a huge blow by the COVID-19 outbreak. How to help SMEs overcome difficulties is a top priority for Chinese government in a post COVID-19 world. Prof. CHEN Jun, Head of Finance and Accounting Department, School of Management provided some policy suggestions from the perspective of cash conversion cycle (CCC).]According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on March 16, from January to Februar...
Dialogue@ZJU: With Joshua Kobb about post COVID-19
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[Message from the editor:As the higher education reels from the impact of global pandemic, here's what experts say is likely to play out in the aftermath. Joshua Kobb,deputy Dean of Zhejiang University International Business School shared his thougts about the new normal higher education in Post-CV.]The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routines, businesses and lives around the world at a speed and scope that few were willing to imagine. As of this writing, we are nearing 1,000,000 cases rec...