{"id":1920,"date":"2022-03-10T10:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=1920"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:15:12","slug":"rui-wang","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/faculty\/rui-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Rui Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am most interested in the metabolism and physiological functions of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gas molecule produced in a wide array of mammalian cells. 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