Gao Yaojie
Gynecology · HIV/AIDS Advocacy
Henan, China
Overview
Gao Yaojie was a gynecology specialist and HIV/AIDS whistleblower who exposed the Henan blood-selling scandal that infected hundreds of thousands. Based in Henan, China.
For Patients
- Research was cited 207 times by other doctors and scientists
- Based at Henan Provincial Hospital in Henan, China
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Key Publications
An Unusual Protector-Protégé Strategy for the Biosynthesis of Purine Nucleoside Antibiotics
Comparative Investigation into Formycin A and Pyrazofurin A Biosynthesis Reveals Branch Pathways for the Construction of <i>C</i> -Nucleoside Scaffolds
Biosynthesis of 2′-Chloropentostatin and 2′-Amino-2′-Deoxyadenosine Highlights a Single Gene Cluster Responsible for Two Independent Pathways in <i>Actinomadura</i> sp. Strain ATCC 39365
Construction of an octosyl acid backbone catalyzed by a radical S-adenosylmethionine enzyme and a phosphatase in the biosynthesis of high-carbon sugar nucleoside antibiotics
Challenges of functional expression of complex polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters
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The life and contributions of Gao Yaojie
Discovered HIV epidemic from blood selling
Identified widespread HIV infections in Henan province caused by unsanitary commercial blood collection
Jonathan Mann Award
Recognized for courage in exposing the HIV crisis despite government pressure
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Received Asia's Nobel Prize equivalent for public health advocacy
Fled to the United States
Left China after years of house arrest and government persecution for her activism