With a generous support from the Guangzhou City Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government, Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health-Guangdong Laboratory (GRMH-GDL) was launched in 2017. GRMH-GDL aims to bring together multiple leading scientific research units from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and well-known international research institutes to achieve the vital goal of "Healthy China" and to cooperatively tackle the scientific and technical problems and challenges. GRMH-GDL is focused…

Studies in patient samples and cell culture suggest let-7c, miR-99a and miR-125b could serve as prognostic markers in patients with estrogen receptor–positive luminal breast cancers.

Moving discoveries from academia to industry requires a delicate balance of risk, reward, skill sets and personalities, according to a translational panel held at BIO-Europe's partnering conference.

Mar 25, 2020

Joseph S. Nye: U.S. and China Need a More Cooperative Security Stance

May 7, 2020

History is replete with irony, but rarely more poignantly than in the summer of 2016 when, on 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union and the next day, 24 June, the EU published its Global Strategy document asserting its ambition of “strategic autonomy.” Whither Franco-British defense cooperation in such chaotic circumstances? This paper attempts to provide the outline of an answer to that question.

Dec 18, 2019

Over the last two decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the popularity of financial sanctions as an instrument of US foreign policy to address security threats ranging from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism to human rights violations and transnational crime. Washington’s policymakers have prized these tools for their ability to rapidly apply pressure against foreign targets with few perceived repercussions against American business interests. The problem, however, is that Washington is ignoring a growing tension between financial sanctions designed to support economic statecraft (with non-financial goals) and those designed to protect the international financial system. Confusing the two sends mixed signals to adversaries as well as allies and undermines US credibility and commitment to upholding international banking rules and norms. If Washington cannot reconcile these competing processes, it is unlikely that future administrations will enjoy the same foreign policy levers, leaving the United States at a significant disadvantage.

Apr 16, 2020

Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come.

Apr 1, 2020

Today’s economic crisis leaves us with an unsettling and perplexing regret. Why weren’t financial portfolios already adjusted for risks that stem from health events such as pandemics? After all, financial portfolios are adjusted for liquidity risks, market risks, credit risks, and even operational and political risks.

Apr 16, 2020

Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come.