Biography
Xinyuan Li, Chinese molecular biologist (Hengdong County, Hunan Province November 1927 –
Authored over 400 patients
Discovered many new functions of the interferon mediator 2’- 5’A and proved the existence of its receptor, being the first receptor of an oligoN found in the world literature
Discovered the analgesic effect of interleukin 2, found that it could bind to the opioid receptor being the first time to provide substantial data for the regulatory effect of an immune molecule on the function of nerve system
Discovered the ab-irritation of leukocyte amboceptors
Codiscovered a Super Interferon I (SIFN-I) with promising cancer therapeutic effects
Reported total synthesis of yeast Ala tRNA (1980)
Developed gene-virus therapy for cancer
Developed an enzymatic method to synthesize several oligoN with rare base
Held patents involving cytokines
