(EyesonSci)CHINA-MOUNT CHO OYU BASE CAMP-HEALTH RESEARCH (CN)
(231004) -- LHASA, Oct. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A scientific researcher (front) conducts a test at the Mount Cho Oyu base camp on Sept. 29, 2023.
In the 4,950-meter-high base camp at the foot of Mount Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world with an altitude of 8,201 meters, Chinese research team has recently conducted an experiment on the group who rushed into the plateau region to reveal more about the interaction between a high-altitude environment and people new to it.
The team collected blood, urine, saliva, feces and other samples, measured blood pressure, and monitored the pulse wave velocity of the volunteers to provide samples for follow-up research efforts.
The 2023 Mount Cho Oyu expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau initiated in 2017. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
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