Wang Zhenyi, known as Zhen-yi Wang, is a Chinese pathophysiologist and hematologist who is a professor emeritus of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
11 Facts About Wang Zhenyi
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Wang Zhenyi is most well known for discovering the cure for acute promyelocytic leukemia while working with Laurent Degos in France, using tretinoin on a trial of 24 patients at Ruijin Hospital in 1986.
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Wang Zhenyi was born in November 1924 in Shanghai, with his ancestral hometown in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.
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From 1948 to 1960, Wang Zhenyi completed his residency and worked as a physician at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai.
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From 1960 to 1982, Wang Zhenyi taught at Shanghai Second Medical University, and was the dean of its pathology and physiology departments.
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From 1982 to 1984, Wang Zhenyi was the director of the Division of Basic Medicine of Shanghai Second Medical University.
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From 1984 to 1988, Wang Zhenyi was the president of Shanghai Second Medical University.
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From 1987 to 1996, Wang Zhenyi was the Director of Shanghai Institute of Hematology.
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Wang Zhenyi's research has led to the improved survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia.
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Wang Zhenyi is the author of more than 300 scientific papers and books.
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Wang Zhenyi is a member of the Chinese Society of Pathophysiology, and the International Society of Fibrinolysis.