China Vitae

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.