China science, technology news summary -- May 15

Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua.

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
METABOLITE AGAINST SARS-COV-2
Chinese researchers have identified a glucose-like metabolite associated with diabetes in human blood with effective antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2. The findings, led by researchers from Tsinghua University, were published in the journal Nature Metabolism.
In this new study, researchers screened out more than 200 small-molecule metabolites and found ...