UNIVERSITIES PLAN TO OPEN LAB STUDYING ALTITUDE SICKNESS
August 1st, 2014
QINGHAI University of north-western China is setting up a new laboratory with the University of Utah, in the United States, for collaborative research into altitude sickness and potential treatments.Dr Josef Prchal, a professor of medicine at the University of Utah, told Manufacturing Chemist that a dedicated facility is to be established in Xining City, capital of Qinghai province.The laboratory’s research areas will include treatments for high altitude sickness, with a particular focus on traditional Tibetan medicines used to treat acute mountain sickness, a ...
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