Prof. Wang's Work Named One of China's Top 10 Life Science Advances
Prof. Jiguang Wang, LIFS/CBE, and his collaborators from Beijing have been recognized as the architects of one of China’s top 10 research advances in life sciences in 2018 by The Chinese Union of Life Science Societies. Prof. Wang’s research involved the discovery of the mutation mechanism of a rare and deadly brain cancer and a new therapeutic lead co-developed with the Beijing Tiantan Hospital. Congratulations to Prof. Wang and his team for this achievement!
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