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health Scmp World 2026-05-04

South Korean Stroke Research Attracts Chinese Interest

South Korean scientists have identified a promising new treatment pathway for ischemic stroke. Doctors in China have expressed interest in collaborating and learning about an experimental drug developed by the South Korean team to combat the disease.


South Korean scientists have identified a potentially promising new pathway for treating ischemic stroke, long considered one of the most difficult challenges in modern medicine. According to the South Korean team, doctors in China are interested in a partnership and learning more about an experimental drug that it has developed to combat the disease. The team’s study, titled “Oxidative stress-induced astrocytic collagen biosynthesis drives glial barrier formation and neuronal death in ischemic....

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