{"id":53475,"date":"2017-05-04T09:46:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=53475"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:25:26","slug":"ji-xin-cheng","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ji-xin-cheng\/","title":{"rendered":"Ji-Xin Cheng, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>In the News<\/h3>\n<div class=\"news-callout\"><ul class=\"news_list category_1053\"><li class=\"post_174692\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/28\/mapping-the-internal\/\">Mapping the Internal<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">May 28, 2026<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">New Cheng study peers into chemical activity within living cells. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/28\/mapping-the-internal\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_174347\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/18\/evidence-based-hope\/\">Evidence-Based Hope<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">May 18, 2026<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">In a pair of ceremonies leading up to BU Commencement, the College of Engineering celebrated the Class of 2026. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/05\/18\/evidence-based-hope\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_172901\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/04\/15\/a-retinal-prosthesis-might-restore-sight-for-millions-with-age-related-macular-degeneration\/\">A Retinal Prosthesis Might Restore Sight for Millions with Age-Related Macular Degeneration<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">April 15, 2026<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">The technology offers hope to people with an incurable disease that\u2019s one of the leading causes of blindness. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/04\/15\/a-retinal-prosthesis-might-restore-sight-for-millions-with-age-related-macular-degeneration\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":14935,"template":"","affiliation":[941,939,200],"department":[141,122,136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/53475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14935"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/53475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160909,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/53475\/revisions\/160909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"affiliation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliation?post=53475"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=53475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}