Chuen Yan Cheng
{{Infobox Scientist
| name = Prof Chuen Yan Cheng
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|6|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong, China
| nationality = American
| field = Biochemistry
| work_institution = Rockefeller University
| alma_mater = Chinese University of Hong Kong (B.Sc.)
University of Newcastle, Australia (Ph.D.)
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| known_for = Male contraceptive drug
| prizes = Richard E. Weizman Memorial Award
Best Scientific Paper Award
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Chuen Yan Cheng ({{zh|t=鄭泉恩}}) is a Senior Scientist for the Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research. He is most well known as the inventor of the non-steroid male contraceptive drug—Adjudin,{{cite web|title=Obsessed Scientist Finally Throttles 'Em! Non-Paternity Potion |publisher= The New York Observer|access-date=2008-09-28|url=http://www.observer.com/node/36309|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924221042/http://www.observer.com/node/36309|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-24}}{{cite web|title=Future male "pill" targets testicles|access-date=2008-09-28|url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10397-future-male-pill-targets-testicles.html}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/male-pill.html|title=Male pill - Science Base|access-date=2008-09-28}}{{cite web|url=http://seedmagazine.com/news/2006/10/the_hunt_for_male_birth_contro.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103080709/http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/10/the_hunt_for_male_birth_contro.php|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2006-11-03|title=Seed: The Hunt for Male Birth Control|access-date=2008-09-28}} which is the first male contraceptive drug on the market now finished clinical trials showing no side effects.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/trials-for-alternative-male-pill-show-no-sideeffects-422207.html|title=Trials for alternative male Pill show no side-effects|access-date=2008-09-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546815|title=Male Contraceptive Drug in the Works|access-date=2008-09-28}}
Career
He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a B.Sc. in 1977, and obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry and cell biology at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in 1981. He came to New York as a Population Council post-doctoral trainee in 1981, studying in the laboratory of Drs. Wayne Bardin, Neal Musto, and Glen Gunsalus and was appointed as a research investigator in December 1982.
Cheng's research focuses on the development of a novel contraceptive for human males. These studies currently are supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the CONRAD Program, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
References
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External links
- [http://www.popcouncil.org/staff/bios/Cheng_Y/cheng_y.html Population Council]
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Category:Rockefeller University faculty
Category:Biochemistry educators