Top 10 academic advances in traditional Chinese medicine in 2024
<x>Abstract</x> Leveraging unique resource advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to achieve innovative breakthroughs in research constitutes a core strategic imperative for its inheritance, innovation and development. At present, the academic advances and scientific achievements in TCM serve as a key driving force for industry growth and advancement of the inheritance and innovation of TCM. To continuously strengthen the leading role of academic research, the China Association of Chinese Medicine (CACM) attaches great importance to the latest research directions and academic results in TCM, and spotlights key advances and emerging trends in TCM scholarship. Since 2020, CACM has conducted the selection and release of the “Top 10 Academic Advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine” on a yearly basis. The selection of this year’s Top 10 Academic Advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine prioritized research that addresses clinical needs, answers scientific questions and drives industrial development. Highlighting exploratory, forward-looking, innovative and groundbreaking achievements, the following 10 breakthroughs were selected through a process of collection, systematic review and expert evaluation: New advances in prevention and treatment of digestive system diseases with “brain-gut” cross-organ strategy, high-level evidence support for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) continuum with TCM, important breakthrough in the research on prevention and treatment of acute radiation injury with TCM, elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying “excellent shape and high quality” variation in cultivated American ginseng through domestication, biosynthesis of trace active ingredients such as benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, pilot application of AI technology, research technology for unelucidated constituents of TCM, new drug delivery system in TCM, and establishment and preliminary application of integrated evidence chain-based effectiveness evaluation of TCM (iEC-Eff).
Authors
- Zhenhua Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5132-1099)
- Yong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-1017)
- Xiaohe Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2836-2738)
- Juan Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1327-4428)
- F. F. Liu
- Zhichao XU (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-3036)
- Hao Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6852-9435)
- Peijing Rong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7288-2319)
- Yue Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6502-9910)
- Shao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-9167)
- Aiguo Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5371-917X)
- Jiqiu WANG
- Yao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-422X)
- Wei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2918-7107)
- Xiaoxiao Zhang
- Yuan Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8453-0126)
- Yi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-0304)
- Weiqing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-6773)
- Junhua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-1967)
- Tong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-0712)
- Wei Qiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-1360)
- Shilin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-236X)
- Luqi Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-8207)
- Jiabo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4450-6690)
- Xiaohui Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7088-1080)
- Jihua Guo
- Liguo Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-418X)
- Xiangmei Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-6021)
- Boli Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-463X)
- Yiyu Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1423-162X)
- Kaixian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-0689)
- Shukun Gong
- Xu Aili
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Integrated traditional and western Medicine（WJIM)
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70976/j.2096-0964.wjim-2025-0017
- Primary Topic
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00