Hsien-Yeh Hsu
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Biography
Hsien-Yeh Hsu, a molecular/cellular biologist, obtained Doctoral degree from Cornell University, USA. Later, he worked in various biotechnology companies in Boston, USA. In 1990, he returned to university, and later became Assistant Professor in Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC, USA. In 1997, he joined National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan. Currently, as Professor, he works at Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, and also as Research Fellow in Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica. He is working on polysaccharides obtained from brown algae and medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum, and focusing on anti-cancer functions in human clinical experiments. Moreover, he is engaged on examining anti-cancer therapeutic intervention and on developing anti-cancer drugs.