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Chinese viral immunologist Zhang Linqi considers himself lucky that he and his team developed a Covid-19 treatment and vaccine so swiftly and so effectively.
Chinese viral immunologist Zhang Linqi considers himself lucky that he and his team developed a Covid-19 treatment and vaccine so swiftly and so effectively. Zhang, based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, is the driving force behind an antibody treatment that cut hospitalisation and deaths by 78 per cent in multicentre clinical trials and is expected to be approved in China.
Chinese scientist contributes to key vaccine technology By MAY ZHOU in Houston | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-21 09:45 Wang Nianshuang (right), at the time a research associate working with Dr Jason McLellan (left), associate professor of molecular biosciences; and Daniel Wrapp, a graduate student, pose for a photo in the McLellan Lab at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb 17. COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
When he first found a way to stabilize the shape-shifting spike protein of a coronavirus in 2016, Wang Nianshuang, then a postdoctoral researcher, and his collaborators had a hard time finding a journal willing to publish the results.
Third railway linking Xinjiang opens By MAO WEIHUA in Korla, Xinjiang and ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-10 09:48 Share CLOSE The first passenger train runs on the Xinjiang section of the Golmud-Korla railway on Wednesday, marking the full operation of the railway linking Xinjiang with Qinghai province. [Photo by JIAO HONGTAO/FOR CHINA DAILY]
The Golmud-Korla Railway, linking Golmud in Qinghai province to Korla in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, began operation on Wednesday, shortening travel time between the regions from 26 hours to 12.
It is the third railway linking Xinjiang and other regions in China, joining the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway and the Linhe-Hami Railway.