Chinese experimenters found cancers in mice responded to treatment after they were given a dose of a common parasite medication. Photo: Shutterstock

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Topic | China science

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 7:30pm, 8 Jul, 2019

Updated: 10:59pm, 8 Jul, 2019

Chinese experimenters found cancers in mice responded to treatment after they were given a dose of a common parasite medication. Photo: Shutterstock

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Stephen Chen

Stephen Chen investigates major research projects in China, a new power house of scientific and technological innovation. He has worked for the Post since 2006. He is an alumnus of Shantou University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Semester at Sea programme which he attended with a full scholarship from the Seawise Foundation.