Professor of Pharmacology. Honorary Editor-in-Chief, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2003-). Editor-in-Cheif, Chinese Journal of New Drugs and Clinical Remedies (1982-).
Male, born 1921-07-23 in Beijing. Graduated from College of Medicine, Central University in 1944; MS in its Department of Biochemistry in 1947. PhD, Department of Pharmacology, University of Chicago in 1950.
1944-45 Assistant Resident in Army Hospital. 1945-47 Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Central University. 1947-51 Assistant Resident, Resident, and Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Surgery, University of Chicago. 1951-64 Associate Professor, 1964- Professor in Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The orthography of his name before 1978 was Kuang Sheng Ting (K S Ting).
Membership and honor: 1947 American Society of Anesthesiologists. 1947 International Anesthesia Research Society. 1949 Society for Sigma Xi. 1950 University of Chicago Alumni Association. 1951 Chinese Society of Physiological Sciences. 1953 Chinese Medical Association. 1957 Chinese Pharmaceutical Association. 1979 Chinese Pharmacological Society. 1980 Gesellschaft für Arzneipflanzenforshung. 1981 Shanghai Society of Planned Parenthood. 1981 New York Academy of Sciences. 1982 Chinese Biochemical Society. 1985 Shanghai Editology Society of Science Periodicals. 1986 European Association of Science Editors. 1987 China Editology Society of Science Periodicals. 1988 Asian Federation of Clinical Pharmacologists.
Researches in the fields of vitamins, anesthesiology, cardiovascular drugs, antibilharzial drugs, and toxicology. Developed a new antidote dimercaptosuccinic acid (INN: succimer) against heavy metal (lead, mercury, arsenic, antimony, uranium, fission products, etc) poisonings, hepatolenticular degeneration, some nonmetallic pesticide poisonings, and mushroom poisoning.
Visiting Professor: Shanghai Medical University; The Fourth Military Medical University; The First Military Medical University; and University of Kansas.
Editorial or Advisory Board: 1959 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. 1963 Acta Physiologica Sinica. 1980 Planta Medica (F R Germany). 1981 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Therapy and Toxicology (F R GErmany). 1982 JAMA (Chin Ed). 1982 Chin J Marine Drugs. 1986 Eur J Pharmacol (The Netherlands). 1986 La Riforma Medica (Italy). 1986 Chin J Pharmacol Toxicol. 1986 Abstracts of Chinese Medicines (Hong Kong). 1988 Biomedical & Environmental Sciences (USA). 1988 Int J Exp Clin Chemother (F R Germany). 1989 Acta Editologica. 1990 Indian J Pharmacol (India).
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