BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's science news from the past week:

NEW METHOD TO CONTROL DENGUE VIRUS

Having an iron-rich diet may be an effective way to control dengue virus as mosquitoes are more likely to acquire the virus when they feed on iron-deficient blood, according to recent Chinese research.

This study indicates that iron supplementation reduces dengue transmission by mosquitoes, providing a new perspective for controlling the disease.

MEASUREMENT OF LUNAR DUST

Chinese researchers have successfully conducted an in situ measurement of lunar dust at the landing site of the country's Chang'e-3 probe.

Using a temperature-controlled sticky quartz crystal microbalance onboard the Chang'e-3 lander, researchers from the Lanzhou Institute of Physics determined that the total deposition mass at a height of 190 cm above the lunar surface during 12 lunar daytimes in the northern Mare Imbrium was about 0.0065 mg/cm2.

SEA RICE BREEDING STATION

Chinese scientists have set up the country's first cold region breeding station for sea rice in the northeast province of Heilongjiang.

The breeding station was established in the city of Tieli. The program will help meet the needs of rice-growing areas in the northeastern provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

PAIN RELIEVER

A new Chinese drug to alleviate patients' neuropathic pain, or nerve pain, has entered clinical trials.

The pain reliever SR419 was developed by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Shanghai SIMR Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Preclinical data show that SR419 has a strong analgesic effect and no side effects, with the potential to become the world's first analgesic drug for specific targets.

NEW TOOL FOR PRECISION MEDICINE

Chinese researchers have recently revealed that the treatment effect of metastatic cancers can be predicted by tumor heterogeneity manifested in circulating tumor DNA, which may help patients obtain more precise treatment.

MARINE MONITORING

Chinese scientists have developed online monitoring instruments for marine biological surveys and tested them in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea.

These instruments, installed in a monitoring ship which has travelled more than 806 nautical miles, have conducted online monitoring for more than 130 hours and collected more than 9,200 profiles of data in typical sea areas. Enditem

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