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Neurology & neurosurgery2025-05-13

Xiangya Hospital Tang Juyu Team Performs World's First Omental Lymph Node Transplantation for Severe Alzheimer's Disease

Following vascularized lymph node transfer, the team innovatively applied free omental lymph node transplantation to reconstruct lymphatic circulation. The patient's cognitive and mental status improved significantly after surgery.

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Huashan Hospital Team Discovers Novel Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease

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Neurology & neurosurgery2025-02-21

Huashan Hospital Team Discovers Novel Therapeutic Target for Parkinson's Disease

Yu Jintai's team published findings in Science, identifying for the first time globally that FAM171A2 protein acts as the critical 'fuse' for intercellular transmission of pathological α-synuclein in neurons. This provides new targets and candidate drugs for early intervention in Parkinson's disease.

Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University