A SAHZU research team has developed an engineered dendritic cell‑based immunotherapy that reduces cardiac fibrosis and improves heart function in preclinical models of heart failure. The findings were published online in Nature.
In March 2026, orthopedic surgeons from the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU) were invited to conduct two separate overseas surgical missions, performing complex procedures in Kazakhstan and Malaysia.
Prof. WANG Jian'an and his team has successfully performed the first clinical trial implant of a novel heart failure device that integrates treatment with long-term monitoring last week at the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
A research team of SAHZU has published a study in the journal Science identifying a critical immune pathway that helps block influenza viruses from spreading from animals to humans.
Prof. FAN Junqiang, Executive Vice Chair of SAHZU Thoracic Surgery and his team has recently demonstrated five complex thoracic procedures at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Surgery Named After Academician V. Vakhidov in Uzbekistan
Prof. WANG Jian'an and his team, performed a live broadcast of a complex transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) on Feb 4.
Prof. YAO Ke, Chair of SAHZU Ophthalmology, was presented with the Arthur Lim Award by the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) on Feb. 5 during the opening ceremony of its 41st congress.
An international consensus on primary brain calcification (PBC) was developed under the leadership of Prof. LUO Wei from the Department of Neurology at SAHZU.
Chair of SAHZU Thoracic Surgery Prof. FAN Junqiang and his team were invited to perform a left upper lung sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer at the Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital on Dec. 3.
Prof. DING Kefeng and Prof. LI Jun of SAHZU Colorectal Surgery, demonstred the Laparoscopic Ileocecal-Sparing Radical Resection of Right Colon Cancer (LISH Surgery) at the 36th Italian Congress of Digestive Surgery.
SAHZU President and Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. WANG Jian'an was invited to Kocaeli University School of Medicine to proctor transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures using China's self-developed devices, on July 22.
A new study led by SAHZU researchers has identified ways by which some microbes might influence cancer immunotherapy, suggesting a potential microbial-based adjuvant approach to improve the responsiveness of immunotherapy. Their results were published in Cell1 in March 2024.
Italian surgeons Drs. Michele Cricrì and Federico Mongardini and Mexican surgeon Dr. Mitre Reyes have recently completed a three-month clinical training program at SAHZU Colorectal Surgery, as the second group of trainees of International Colorectal Surgery Training Academy of China (ICSTAC).