Now in his 80s, Dr. Ruey J. Yu continues to work in the lab every day, hunting for biomarkers that
could be used for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's and other diseases. In 2016, Dr. Yu and Dr. Van Scott sold NeoStrata to Johnson & Johnson, which is expanding the company's research labs into a centre of excellence for dermatological research.
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Dr. Yu founded the skincare company NeoStrata with Dr. Van Scott in 1988, based on their discoveries of the anti-aging properties of AHAs.