[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                       HONORING DR. XIAODONG WANG

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2007

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Xiaodong Wang, 
professor of biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center, for his 
research on cell death.
  Dr. Wang has been awarded the 2007 Richard Lounsbery Award by the 
National Academy of Sciences for his extraordinary achievement in 
biology and medicine. This high honor includes a $50,000 award and a 
prestigious medal. As a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, 
Dr. Wang studies apoptosis, programmed cell death, which is applicable 
to numerous diseases, including cancer.
  Last year, I honored Dr. Xiaodong Wang for being awarded the $1 
million Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for his discovery of 
the biochemical basis of programmed cell death which is a vital process 
that balances cell birth and prevents cancer. His scientific 
breakthrough marks a turning point in the history of medicine and will 
indeed benefit the lives of millions around the world.
  As a UT Southwestern Medical Center alumnus, it is with great honor 
that I am able to congratulate Dr. Xiaodong Wang on his remarkable 
scientific achievement. His intelligence and dedication to the field of 
science and medicine has proven him to be an outstanding professor and 
mentor. Dr. Wang is an inspiration and a role model to many, and I am 
proud to represent him in Congress.

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