The growing gulf between rich and poor inflicts biological damage on bodies and brains

Position
Laboratory director and independent principal investigators

Employer
Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Location
639 Zhi Zao Ju Rd, Huang Pu District, 200011, Shanghai, China

Discipline
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine related disciplines including: Stem Cell, Developmental Biology, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering

Aim:
Shanghai Tissue Engineering Key Laboratory is among the l…

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…

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