Debao Wang, the founder of nucleic acid biology and industry in People’s Republic of China

摘要

Dr. Debao Wang (王德宝) was born on May 7th, 1918, inTaixing, Jiangsu Province, China. At the age of 18, he wasadmitted to the Agricultural Chemistry Department of theNational Central University, and graduated in 1940. In thesummer of 1943, Dr. Wang worked in the Department ofBiochemistry, School of Biological Medicine, under thesupervision of Prof. Libin T. Cheng (Zhang, 2020). At thattime, he had a dream to contribute to the development of hismotherland, which inspired him to study aboard.