Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved the way for new cancer drugs, dies aged 58

Leading Chinese scientist Sun Fanglin, whose work on how cells age and form tumours helped pave the way for the development of new cancer treatments, has died aged 58. Sun was director of the Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine at Tongji University in Shanghai and former dean of its School of Life Sciences and Technology. He had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness and died on July 10, the institute said in an obituary posted on its website. The noted biologist...

By Dannie Peng