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How health research will support China’s ageing population

Researchers are scrambling to meet the neurological demands posed by a rapidly ageing population with a low birth-rate.
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  1. Sarah O’Meara

    1. Sarah O’Meara is a freelance journalist based in London.

When computational biologist Jing-Dong Han moved back to China from the United States in 2005, she found it difficult to convince other scientists there that her research goals were serious.

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Nature 578, S1-S3 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00279-y

Additional research by Kevin Schoenmakers.

This article is part of Nature Spotlight on brain sciences in China, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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