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Biography Revised: 5/21/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006

PHOTO: Liang Zhiquan
Liang Zhiquan 梁植权
Senior Academician, Biochemist

Biography

Liang Zhiquan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. He graduated from Yanjing University in 1937 and received a doctorate from Pennsylvania State University in 1950.

Liang succeeded in creating 'Shiyan No.2' and 'Shiyan No.3' substitute plasmas, whose antigenicity are unique. He also found six kinds of new variants of abnormal hemoglobin, three kinds of new variants of haemocyanin in people of Chinese heritage. His research uncovered three kinds of new variants of a 1-antitrypsin and proved that the variant of a 1-antitrypsin commonly seen people in China is Etokyo.

Among his other accomplishments, Liang found that busulfan can re-unlock the g-globin gene which could be used to treat b-thalassemia. He contributed significantly to the research method of Class One structures of transfer RNA and analgesic principles of acupuncture anesthesia and made new discoveries in b-thalassemia gene treatment.

Career Data

1980— Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor, Peking Union Medical College, Biochemistry Department Beijing Municipality
Researcher, Chinese Medical Academy of Science, Basic Medicine Research Institute
1950 Graduate, Pennsylvania State University USA, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Received Doctorate)
1941 Graduate, Yanjing University, Chemical Department Beijing Municipality (Received Master's Degree)
1937 Graduate, Yanjing University, Chemical Department Beijing Municipality


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