By Shen Jifei and Wang Xinru
The China Medical Development Conference is held in Beijing in late April 2024. (Photo from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences )
BEIJING, May 13 -- The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences announced China's major medical achievements of the 21st century and China's important medical advancements in 2023 at the China Medical Development Conference held recently in Beijing. The proteomics system created under the leadership of He Fuchu, an academician from the Institute of Military Medical Sciences under the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Medical Sciences, was included in the list of China's major medical achievements of the 21st century.
The project marks the first to propose and implement a new paradigm of "proteomics-driven precision medicine" in the world, providing a new idea for the study on the prevention and treatment of major diseases.
It is reported that China's major medical achievements of the 21st century mainly focus on the major achievements on medical science mainly completed by Chinese scholars in this century. With significant originality and pioneering advantage, these achievements listed have a profound impact on supporting China's self-reliance in high-level scientific and technological development and on meeting the major needs of people's health care. Meanwhile, these projects selected have been fully recognized and applied in clinical practice after long-term evaluation both at home and abroad.