A revision led by MOST and reported to the NPC Standing Committee by the Minister of Finance showed that a significant part of the national science budget may have been misused. Whereas the budget grew by an average annual increase of 28 % over the past 7 years, that...
Within the National Talent Program of China („million people plan“ and „thousand people plan“), discussions are on to establish a „Future Nobel laureates“ program. First steps have already been explored since September 2012. The plan calls for screening and support of...
The dolphin (Lipotes vixellifer), dubbed „Giant Panda of the rivers“, is close to extinction, due to river warming and pollution. It is hoped that molecular biology may contribute to long-term conservation. China Bio news release, October 31, 2013
Based on IP of CAS, e. g. on a 2D CCD camera, Purple Xin Pharmaceuticals, a Ginseng-based company, will diversify into sequencer manufacturing through ist Jilin subsidiary Zhongke Zixin. China Bio news release, October 30, 2013
CNGB, located in Shenzhen, has announced that they have chosen BioStorage Technologies as their partner for the development oft he world’s largest genomic biobank. CNGB integrates an „omics“ database and a large-scale biorepository consisting of 30 million biological...
