Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) has actively aligned its efforts with national strategic needs, adhering to the national strategic priorities(known as the “Four Orientations”)and maintaining a problem-driven, mission-orientedresearch approach. The school has systematically advanced mission-oriented scientific research by pooling its resources to conduct original, ...

A research team led by Professor Zhao Qiang from the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, has published a landmark study in The Lancet, one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals. The study demonstrates that a quantitative flow ratio (QFR)-guided functional strategy, compared with conventional angiography-guided de...

Recently, a landmark study led by Academician Xia Qiang, President of Renji Hospital affiliated withShanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM), was published in the top-tier international journalNature Medicine. This study represents the world’s first Phase I clinical trial using liver-targeted in vivo base editing to treat heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). ...

On February 19, 2026 (Beijing Time), two landmark studies from Xinhua Hospital and Songjiang Research Institute in collaboration with other partners, were simultaneously published in Nature. The two studies achieved global breakthroughs in AI-powered diagnosis of rare diseases and gene therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.Professor Sun Kun’s Team Unveils DeepRare: A Globally First Traceabl...

On January 28, 2026 (local time), a research team led by Xu Huaqiang, researcher at the Center for Translational Medicine and Structural Biology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, together with colleagues from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published a research article entitled “Structures of Ostα–β reveal a unique fol...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine remains closely aligned with national strategic priorities, committed to advancing the frontiers of global science and technology,addressing major national needs, and safeguarding public health. Guided by problem-oriented and demand-driven principles, and propelled by major scientific missions, the university continues to strengthen organized res...