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Journey of a Thousand Miles

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Journey of a Thousand Miles

An Extraordinary Life

By Ruey J. Yu

Foreword by: Eugene J. Van Scott

176 Pages · 9x6 · November 14 2017

Paper ISBN: 9780776625676

PDF ISBN: 9780776625683

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Born into poverty in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Ruey Yu overcame near-starvation during the Second World War. Destiny, however, had other plans for him: he was to become an award-winning biochemist, then the co-founder of what would soon become the multi-million-dollar skin care company NeoStrata.

After living through the Second World War and the post-war military dictatorship of General Chiang Kai-Shek, Dr. Yu won a coveted post-graduate scholarship to study chemistry at the University of Ottawa. He subsequently took up a research position at the renowned Skin and Cancer Hospital (Temple University) in Philadelphia, where he collaborated with pre-eminent dermatologist Dr. Eugene Van Scott to develop treatments for serious skin diseases.

In 1972, Dr. Yu and Dr. Van Scott discovered that fruit acids, known as AHAs, could effectively treat the disfiguring skin disease ichthyosis, changing the lives of thousands of people who suffered from this debilitating illness. Their further research into the biochemical properties of AHAs led to the discovery of the anti-wrinkle and anti-aging effects of these natural substances—a discovery that was licensed by skin care companies around the world, sparking the multibillion-dollar cosmeceutical industry.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Eugene J. Van Scott

Prologue: Taiwan, 1946

Chapter 1 Coal Dust and Daydreams

Chapter 2 Bowing to the Emperor

Chapter 3 A “City Monkey” in the Country

Chapter 4 Starvation and Surrender

Chapter 5 Return to Hsinchu

Chapter 6 The Tale of the Poor Scholar

Chapter 7 A Diamond in the Trash

Chapter 8 Pedalling Through Taipei

Chapter 9 Pure Chemistry

Chapter 10 Quemoy

Chapter 11 Snowed Under

Chapter 12 Coming to America

Chapter 13 A Life-Changing Discovery

Chapter 14 Taking a Gamble

Chapter 15 Avon Calling

Chapter 16 A Wrinkle in the Business

Chapter 17 Head to Head with the Pink Lady

Chapter 18 Moving Forward, Giving Back

Chapter 19 New Research Directions

Epilogue: Philosophy and Vision of My Life

Afterword: Ruey Yu as a Child of Taiwan, by Scott Simon

Author Bio

Bien que D. Ruey J. Yu ait atteint les 80 ans, il continue de se rendre chaque jour à son laboratoire pour y travailler. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur la découverte de biomarqueurs pouvant être utilisés pour le diagnostic précoce de la maladie d’Alzheimer ou d’autres maladies. En 2016, D. Yu et le D. Van Scott ont vendu NeoStrata à la société Johnson & Johnson, qui augmente la capacité de ses propres laboratoires afin d’y monter un centre d’excellence en recherche dermatologique.

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Awards

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Every tube of skin cream with AHA, the wildly popular anti-wrinkle ingredient, exists because of a half-starved boy in wartime Taiwan who travelled to university in Ottawa and went on to fortune. […] Yu’s life “is the classic story of constant optimism, moving forward in the face of adversity, overcoming all odds.”

Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen

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