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21st May 2020
Researchers aim to block inherited disease at the genetic level
By Cai Wenjun
Dr Huang Hefeng, president of Shanghai International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, receives a prize for her research on congenital and developmental disease prevention and control.
Local experts are conducting groundbreaking research on the mechanisms of developmental and genetically inherited diseases.
Studies by experts from Shanghai International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital won first prize at the recent Shanghai Science and Technology Awards.
The incidence of inborn congenital disease like congenital heart disease and Down syndrome is 5.6 percent in China.
In addition to such inborn deformities, tardive deformities — which include tumors, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases like hypertension and diabetes in adulthood — are also considered developmental diseases.