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...

​On January 14, the SACHI study led by Professor Lu Shun, academic leader of oncology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Chest Hospital and Director of the Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Lung Cancer, achieved a major breakthrough. The study was published in The Lancet. The research introduces a new precision treatment strategy—a “dual-target” regimen—for ...

​On January 12, a delegation led by Nutthapong Wongwiwat, Director-General of the Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Fan Xianqun, Chancellor of SJTUSM and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, met with the delegation at the Pudong Campus. The Office of Academic Affairs, Hospital Administr...