Sanofi Launches Grant (拨款) to Help Children with Dlabetes (糖尿病)

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of China-Franco diplomatic ties, the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi cooperated with the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation to     1     unveil the Sanofi China Charity Grant on Thursday, as part of the company’s efforts to     2     participate in the Chinese market and contribute to local people’s livelihoods.

As one of the first French companies to enter China, Sanofi has continuously increased investment and promoted innovation in the health care sector over the past few decades. The company has been committed to making innovative medicine and medical services more     3     to Chinese people, said Wayne Shi, president of Sanofi Greater China.

Olivier Charmel, the company’s executive vice-president, said Sanofi has benefited a lot from its long-term investment in China and will always stand as a     4     partner. The company expects to further contribute to the exchanges between China and France not only in the field of health care, but also in science, economy, and culture.

Shi said the company     5     the Sanofi China Charity Grant with an aim to better meet the health needs in China, and its first project will     6     focus on diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents.

Ji Linong, director of Department of Endocrinology at Peking University People’s Hospital, highly     7     the importance of the diabetes project at a panel discussion held after the launch ceremony. He said China     8     ranks fourth in the world for the number of children and adolescents suffering from type I diabetes.

With the help of the charity grant, Ji said he expects China to establish a more     9     health care system especially for type I diabetes. Doctors, professional equipment and nutritionists should be provided to help patients correctly inject insulin and effectively control blood sugar levels.

In addition to diabetes, the Sanofi China Charity Grant will also be     10     to combat other diseases such as immunity diseases. It is expected to directly benefit over 10, 000 people and indirectly benefit more than one million people in the next three years.

When the corona virus crisis took hold in early 2020, a group of roboticists (机器人专家) saw an opportunity: Robots are     1     perfect co-workers in a pandemic. “Engineers must use the crisis” they argued in a newspaper, “to speed up the     2     of medical robots,     3     never get sick and can do the dull, dirty, and     4     work that puts human medical workers in harm’s way.” Robot helpers could take     5     temperatures and deliver drugs, for instance. This would free up human doctors and nurses to do     6     they do best: problem-solving and being empathetic (感同身受的) with patients, and skills that robots may never be able to copy.

The     7     developing relationship between humans and robots is so complex that it has developed its own field,     8     as human-robot interaction (相互作用). The primary challenge is this: It’s easy enough     9     robots to get along with humans-make them soft and give them a sense of touch-but it’s another issue entirely to train humans to get along with the machines. With Tug the hospital robot, for example, doctors and nurses learn to treat it     10     a grandparent--sweep all the obstacles of its way and help it get unstuck if you have to.

Tu Youyou and her team reviewed ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional     1     treatments for the disease. They examined over 2000 old medical texts, and     2     280,000 plants for their medical     3    . From their research, they discovered and tested 380     4     ancient Chinese medical     5     that showed promise in the fight against malaria.

Skin, the largest organ of the body, is a barrier against toxins and rays and gives you your sense of touch. Therefore, applying first-aid     1    can avoid serious injuries from burns.

Burns are mainly caused by fire, radiation, acids, etc. There are three types of burns.

First degree burns, usually caused by     2    incidents, only affect the top few millimeters of the skin. Going below the top layer of the skin, second-degree burns often go with     3    skin blisters. Third-degree burns affect every layer of the skin. Below are some first-aid techniques for burns. Firstly, place burns under running water without     4    to ease the swelling. Secondly, dry the burnt area. Thirdly, remove clothes unless the fabric sticks to the burnt skin. Fourthly, cover the burnt area with a loose clean cloth. Fifthly, make sure the     5     can breathe.

SEATTLE-For the more than 10 million Americans with colorblindness, there’s never been a treatment, let alone a cure, for the condition that leaves them unable to distinguish curtain colors.

Now, for the first time, two University of Washington professors have teamed with a California biotech firm to develop what they say may be a     1    : a single shot in the eye that can reveal the world in full color.

Jay and Maureen Neitz, who have studied the vision disorder for years, have found a new way to deliver genes that can replace missing color-producing proteins in certain cells, called cones, in the eyes.

The trouble will     2     when people are born without one or more of the three types of color-sensing proteins normally present in the cones of the retina (视网膜). The most common type is red-green colorblindness, followed by blue-yellow colorblindness. A very small proportion of the population is     3     colorblind, seeing only shades of gray.

Colorblindness is often a/an     4     disorder. It affects mostly men, who can inherit a mutation (变异) on the X chromosome (染色体) that weakens their perception of red and green. A much smaller part of cases are in women, who have two X chromosomes, which gives them a better chance of avoiding effects of any genetic imperfection.

Most people think of colorblindness as a/an     5     or disability, mainly causing problems with unmatched shirts and socks. But the Neitzes say the condition can have profound impacts-limiting choices for education or careers, making driving dangerous, and forcing continual     6     to a world designed for color vision.

“There are an awful lot of people who feel like their life is     7     because they don’t see color,” said Jay Neitz, 61, a professor, who confirmed in 1989 that dogs are colorblind, too.

People may not     8     as commercial pilots, for instance, if they’re colorblind. Other careers that can be restricted include those of chefs, decorators, electricians and house painters, all of which     9    detailed color vision.

Undoubtedly, the Neitzes’ findings have brought great benefits to those who are born unable to distinguish between red and green. But that technique is     10    , requiring surgery, so the Neitzes are looking for another way to do the job.

British scientists believe they may have found a way to fight the common cold. It blocks a key protein in the body’s cells that is to     1     for the spread of cold-causing virus. Targeting the host rather than the infection was a bit non-traditional but made sense because it was tricky to target the virus. Cold-causing viruses are not only of     2     kinds, they also     3     rapidly, meaning they can quickly develop resistance to medicine. Researchers are working on making a form of medicine that can be taken directly into one’s lungs, to    4     the chance of side effects. Though these scientists have made     5     advances in their research, further    6     is needed to make sure such drugs are not so     7    that they harm the body.