China names chemistry professor accredited international expert, cancer research adviser
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015
MANHATTAN —China is honoring a Kansas State 1xbet sports betting cancer researcher and enlisting his expertise through an upcoming research appointment.
Stefan H. Bossmann, professor of chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded the title of Highest Honored International Expert by a panel of scientific advisers to the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.
During the summer, Bossmann will advise the Chinese authorities — who have declared China a "cancer disaster area" — on methods of early cancer detection. He will spend the summer at The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical 1xbet sports betting , in Kunming, Yunnan Province.
This recent award to Bossmann follows a Guest Distinguished Scholarship and an Honorary Distinguished Professorship, both in 2014, from Kunming Medical 1xbet sports betting , as well as a collaborative research grant from the Chinese National Natural Science Fund, titled "Synthesis of Validation of Thyroid-Cancer Homing Starburst Dendrimer Derivatives Capable of Binding Radioactive Isotopes for Imaging and Therapy."
Dr. Gaohong Zhu, professor of medicine and head of radiology at The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical 1xbet sports betting , will host Bossmann and his senior research associate, Hongwang Wang, during their stay. Zhu spent 2013-2014 at Kansas State 1xbet sports betting as a visiting professor in the chemistry department, and is a principal investigator of the Chinese research grant, which is the first of its kind.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical 1xbet sports betting and Kansas State 1xbet sports betting have previous research ties. The hospital is licensing the 1xbet sports betting 's early cancer detection test technology titled "Cancer Diagnostic Assays, Fluorescence Assays for Proteases." The invention was jointly developed by Deryl L. Troyer, a veterinarian and professor of anatomy and physiology in the 1xbet sports betting 's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Bossmann.
Currently, biospecimens from 10,000 cancer patients and healthy subjects are being analyzed in Kunming, with the goal of 1xbet online casino s Bossm as early as possible.
