Michael W. Young, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for 2017, recently visited Zhejiang University and the University of Science and Technology of China as part of the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative, a program launched by AstraZeneca, a leading global science-led biopharmaceutical company, and Nobel Media AB that uses a range of events to spread knowledge and interest in the Nobel Prizes.

"In 2017, Young, Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.

"Guangzhou Pharmaceutical worked with Nobel physiology laureate Ferid Murad and Swiss company SGS to formulate an international standard for Chinese herbal tea in 2013, according to Li.

Ideally, gene sequencing can enable doctors to use a person's genome and physiology to determine the best treatments for a disease.